promotorn.
/prəˈməʊtə/, U.S. /prəˈmoʊdər/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > [noun] > one who or that which
fostrild?c1225
nurser1363
speed1377
promoter1384
furtherer1390
speederc1400
upraiserc1440
promotor1517
nurse1526
advancer1540
promover1545
fosterera1586
increasera1625
fartherer1633
uplifter1650
cultivator1663
upbuilder1865
1517 R. Fox Let. 30 Apr. in Lett. Richard Fox (1929) 94 The Kyng that was my maker and promotor to the dignytie that I unworthely doo occupye.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. iii. 301 They are disinterested, and no passionate promotors of their Kindred.
a. A procurator; a prosecutor, informer, or spokesperson. Cf. promote v. 6. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another
whistlec1380
dictourc1440
orator1474
prolocutor?a1475
prelocutor1500
vauntparler1534
paranympha1538
mouth1563
speech1578
speaker1583
promotor1603
ambassador1611
suffragant1613
suffragator1618
mouthpiece1776
linguist1819
megaphone1909
porte-parole1911
spokesperson1972
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 421 Aristogiton the sycophant or false promotor, being condemned to death for troubling men with wrongfull imputations.
1688 H. Wharton tr. G. Dellon Hist. Inquisition Goa xi. 19 There is moreover a Promotor, a Procurator, and Advocates for the Prisoners who desire them.
1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iii. i. 2 Hercules Sevecollus, Promotor of the Council [Fr. Promoteur du Concile].
b. In certain Scottish universities: an officer appointed to prosecute students before the Rector for debts or other offences. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > other disciplinary officials
hebdomadar1700
regent1814
promotor1854
1854 Munim. Univ. Glasguensis (Maitland Club) II. Table p. iv A Promotor or General Sindic to be elected annually for the recovery of University debts, and the detection of contraventions of the Statutes. The Promotor to bring offenders before the Lord Rector... The Promotor's oath.
3. In certain Scottish universities: the official who presents students for degrees.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > presenting or petitioning for degree > person who
supplicant1649
promoter1699
promotorc1715
c1715 in W. C. Dickinson Two Students at St. Andrews (1952) App. III. p. lxxii In the incapacity of the Vice-Chancellor degrees were conferred by the Rector or some other member of the Senatus under the title of Promotor.
1858 Min. Univ. St. Andrews (MS.) XVII. 415 The Senatus appoint the ex-Rector to act in the meantime as pro-Rector and Promotor.
1894 W. L. Low D. Thomson iv. 93 It was his turn to act as Promotor or ‘Father’ of the new graduates.
1962 Aberdeen Univ. Rev. Autumn 313 The other graduands who have obtained First Class Honours are called up, one by one, by the Promotor.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legislation > legislator > [noun] > promoter of bill
promoter1652
promotor1741
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 551 Cælius was the promotor of this law.
5.
a. Chemistry. = promoter n. 4a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > processes or substances affecting reactions > promotion > promoter
promoter1911
promotor1920
1920 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 24 241 In certain instances, a foreign substance is able to render the catalyst considerably more active. Such substances are called ‘promotors’ in the patents of the Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik.
1931 Chem. Abstr. 25 428 The influence of various other promotors and protectors in hydrogenation is studied.
2000 Jrnl. Org. Chem. 65 8608 Compounds with C2 symmetry often exhibit a higher capacity as stereochemical promotors compared to those lacking totally in symmetry.
b. Medicine. = promoter n. 4b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > [noun] > drugs used for research
promotor1947
tremorine1956
promoter1960
streptozotocin1960
oxotremorine1961
1947 Brit. Jrnl. Cancer 1 390 Dibenzanthracene is undoubtedly a potent Initiator, but a weak Promotor; benzpyrene is moderately potent both as Initiator and Promotor.
1978 Nature 17 Aug. 640/2 The most powerful known tumour promotors are the phorbol esters, which are not carcinogenic in themselves but can induce tumour growth after a subthreshold dose of carcinogen.
2001 Jrnl. Photochem. & Photobiol. 63 19/2 If these ‘epi-genetic’ interferences [from toxic agents] occur repeatedly, they may noticeably enhance or inhibit carcinogenic progression (i.e., the agent may act as a ‘promotor’ or ‘anti-carcinogen’ respectively).
c. Genetics. = promoter n. 4c.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > genetic components > [noun] > other genetic structures
messenger1905
transforming principle1944
muton1957
prokaryon1957
recon1957
vector1958
operon1960
R1961
codon1962
replicon1963
regulon1964
promoter1965
promotor1966
transconjugant1974
cassette1977
1966 F. Jacob in Science June 1475/3 The operator is situated outside the first known structural gene of the operon, from which it appears to be separated by a region called the promotor, which is indispensable to the expression of the entire operon.
1989 R. Dryer & G. Lata Exper. Biochem. i. xi. 273 Operons include DNA subsegments identified as repressor, promotor, and operator regions.
2004 Jrnl. Cell. Biochem. 96 210/1 Studies of the MAFbx upstream promotor structure suggest that a highly conserved core promotor encodes much of the developmental and tissue-specific expression of this gene.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1517