Lictor Definition

lĭktər
noun
In ancient Rome, any of a group of minor officials who carried the fasces and cleared the way for the chief magistrates.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Lictor

Noun

Singular:
lictor
Plural:
lictors

Origin of Lictor

  • From Middle English littoures lictors from Latin lictōrēs pl. of lictor leig- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin

    From Wiktionary

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