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lic·tor (lik′tər)

noun

in ancient Rome, any of a group of minor officials who carried the fasces and cleared the way for the chief magistrates

Etymology: ME (Wycliffe) littour < L lictor < base of ligare (see ligament), in allusion to the fasces

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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