noun
Meaning 1
One who summons or evokes, particularly in legal contexts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
summoner
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
Meaning 2
An apparitor; an officer of an ecclesiastical court whose job it was to deliver a summons to an offending member of the diocese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A small bell for summoning an employee to provide service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From summon + -er.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ancient Greek: κλητήρ (klētḗr) — one who summons or evokes
- Polish: przywoływacz — one who summons or evokes
- Polish: przyzywacz — one who summons or evokes
- Portuguese: evocador — one who summons or evokes
- Portuguese: invocador — one who summons or evokes
- Turkish: çağırıcı — one who summons or evokes