Meanings
plural summoners
- One who summons or evokes, particularly in legal contexts.
- A small bell for summoning an employee to provide service.
And as they change, they set into bright relief not only outmoded honorifics and hunting horns, but silver summoners and mother-of-pearl opera glasses and all manner of carefully crafted things that have outlived their usefulness.
2016, Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow, →ISBN, page 119
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek κλητήρ
- κλητήρ (klētḗr)one who summons or evokes
Polish przywoływacz, przyzywacz
- przywoływaczone who summons or evokes
- przyzywaczone who summons or evokes
Portuguese evocador, invocador
- evocadorone who summons or evokes
- invocadorone who summons or evokes
Turkish çağırıcı
- çağırıcıone who summons or evokes
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summoner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summoner
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