institutor noun. ['ɪnstɪtju:tǝ] M16.
[Latin, formed as INSTITUTE verb + -OR.]
1. A person who institutes or establishes something; a founder, an organizer. M16.
2. A person who teaches. E17-E19.
3. In the American Episcopal Church: a bishop or presbyter who institutes a minister into a parish or church. E19.

■ institutress noun a female institutor L18.

■ insti'tutrix noun, pl. -trices [-trɪsi:z], an institutress E18.

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