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summoner

The English word “summoner” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. One who summons or evokes, particularly in legal contexts.
  2. An apparitor; an officer of an ecclesiastical court whose job it was to deliver a summons to an offending member of the diocese.
  3. A small bell for summoning an employee to provide service.

Etymology

From summon + -er.

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