auteur

French

noun
Definitions
  • author
  • composer, artist
  • inventor (of discovery); perpetrator (of crime); leader (of rebellion etc.)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French autheur inherited from Old French autor borrowed from Latin auctor, auctorem.

Origin

Latin

auctor, auctorem

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