lictour

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A form of lictor — An officer in Ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.

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Meanings

nounlictour (plural lictours)

plural lictours

  1. obsoleterareObsolete spelling of lictor.

    Hee brought-in likevvise the ancient cuſtome againe, that in vvhat moneth hee had not the Knitches of rods vvith Axes borne before him, a publique Officer called Accensvs ſhould huiſher him before, and the Serjeants or Lictours follovv after behinde.

    1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 20, page 8
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APA

lictour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lictour

MLA

“lictour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lictour. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lictour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lictour.

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