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tor

1 American  
[tawr] / tɔr /

noun

  1. a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.

-tor 2 American  

  1. a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbs and, less commonly, from nouns.

    dictator; genitor; janitor; orator; victor.
tor British  
/ tɔː /

noun

  1. a high hill, esp a bare rocky one

  2. a prominent rock or heap of rocks, esp on a hill

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Etymology

Origin of tor1

before 900; Middle English; Old English torr < Celtic; compare Irish tor rocky height, Welsh twr heap, pile

Origin of -tor2

< Latin -tor (stem -tōr- ), cognate with Greek -tōr (stem -tor- ), Sanskrit -tar-

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