warrantor

[ wawr-uhn-tawr, -ter, wor- ]

noun

1. a person who warrants or makes a warranty.

warrantor

/ ˈwɒrənˌtɔː /

noun

1. an individual or company that provides a warranty

Word History and Origins

Origin of warrantor¹

First recorded in 1675–85; warrant + -or ²

Example Sentences

Does such a warranty bind other persons than the warrantor, in other words are his heirs and persons to whom he may devise his lands also indefinitely bound by his warranty?

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And that every man know his warrantor for men and for horses and for oxen.

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But if my warrantors, King Arthur and his knights, be there, the barons will not dare dispute the judgment.”

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In a single clear, well-compacted paragraph the court states Salome's claim and Belmonti's denial; in another, the warrantor Miller's denial and defense; and in two lines more, the decision of the lower court.

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Of Warrantors.—And that every man know his warrantor, for men, and for horses, and for oxen.

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