DEBTOR
debtor, debitor
(noun) a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
debtor (plural debtors)
(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt
Antonym: creditor
(legal) One who owes another anything, or is under obligation, arising from express agreement, implication of law, or principles of natural justice, to pay money or to fulfill some other obligation; in bankruptcy or similar proceedings, the person who is the subject of the proceeding.
Antonyms
• creditor
Anagrams
• betrod
Source: Wiktionary
Debt"or, n. Etym: [OE. dettur, dettour, OF. detor, detur, detour, F.
débiteur, fr. L. debitor, fr. debere to owe. See Debt.]
Definition: One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to
creditor.
[I 'll] bring your latter hazard back again, And thankfully rest
debtor for the first. Shak.
In Athens an insolvent debtor became slave to his creditor. Mitford.
Debtors for our lives to you. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition