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tractor definition

☆ trac·tor (trak′tər)

noun

  1. a powerful vehicle with a gasoline or diesel engine and large rear wheels or endless belt treads, used for pulling farm machinery, hauling loads, etc.
  2. a large, powerful truck with a driver's cab and a fifth wheel, designed to pull a trailer
  3. an airplane with its propeller or propellers mounted in front of the engine

Etymology: ModL < L tractus: see traction

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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