auctour

• auctor, autor, autour, author, auther

From Anglo-Norman autour, form Latin auctor.

• IPA^(key): /au̯ˈtuːr/, /au̯kˈtuːr/, /au̯ˈtoːr/, /ˈau̯tər/

auctour (plural auctours)

1. A creator or author; the person who authors something; especially used to refer to God.
2. An author or writer; someone who authors a written work.
3. A establisher or founder; the person who establishes something.
4. A person or people who act as a trusted source.
5. (rare, law) A person who makes a legal accusation.

• auctorite

• English: author
• Scots: author

• “auctǒur (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-30.