Assentors

/əˈsentərz/ noun

Definition

Plural of assentor; multiple people who express agreement or give approval.

Etymology

The plural form of 'assentor' (from Latin '-tor' agent suffix plus '-s' plural). Maintains the Latin-style agent noun in plural form.

Kelly Says

You can trace the shift in English word preferences by looking at historical documents: 'assentors' appears regularly in medieval legal texts but slowly disappears as 'assenters' becomes the standard form—a quiet victory of Anglo-Saxon '-er' over Norman '-tor'.

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