fidejussor

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UK/ˌfaɪdɪˈd͡ʒʌsə/US/ˌfaɪdɪˈd͡ʒʌsəɹ/

noun

A surety or guarantor.

OriginLatin fīdēiussor →
Scrabble 21
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Meanings

nounfidejussor (plural fidejussors)

plural fidejussors

  1. historicallawA surety or guarantor.

    they also take recognizances or stipulations of certain fidejussors in the nature of bail

    1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinfīdēiussor
  2. Englishfidejussor

From Latin fīdēiussor (with -or (“agent suffix”)), from fidēiussus, from fideiubeō, from fidēs (“faith”) + iubēre (“order”). Compare French fidéjusseur.

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APA

fidejussor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fidejussor

MLA

“fidejussor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fidejussor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fidejussor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fidejussor.

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