apporter

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noun

A bringer in; an importer.

OriginLatin apportō →
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Meanings

nounapporter (plural apporters)

plural apporters

  1. obsoleteA bringer in; an importer.

    But this makes only the apporters themselves , their aiders , abettors , and affiftants , traitors , not those , that receive it at the second hand[…]

    1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ

Origin

  1. Latinapportō“to carry in”
  2. Englishapporter

From Latin apportō (“to carry in”) + -er.

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APA

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“apporter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apporter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apporter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apporter.

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