consignor

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /kənˈsaɪnɚ/ UK /kənˈsaɪnə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the person or party who sends goods to another in a shipment

The consignor prepaid the freight before the cargo set sail.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the person or party who... sender shipperdispatcherconsigner

Opposites

consignee recipient receiver addressee

Word family

Related forms consign consignment consignee sign

Etymology

From consign + -or, from French consigner, from Latin consignare ('to seal, attest'), from con- ('together') + signare ('to mark, sign'), from signum ('mark, sign').

consignare Latin signum Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# consignor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kənˈsaɪnɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈsaɪnə/

## Meanings
1. the person or party who sends goods to another in a shipment

## Examples
- The consignor prepaid the freight before the cargo set sail.

## Synonyms
- sender
- shipper
- dispatcher
- consigner

## Antonyms
- consignee
- recipient
- receiver
- addressee

## Related Forms
- consign
- consignment
- consignee
- sign

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: consignare
- Root: signum

## Etymology
From consign + -or, from French consigner, from Latin consignare ('to seal, attest'), from con- ('together') + signare ('to mark, sign'), from signum ('mark, sign').

## AI Etymology
Consignor is from consign + -or, from French consigner, from Latin consignare ('to seal, attest'), from con- ('together') + signare ('to mark, sign'), from signum ('mark, sign'). The ancestry passes through Latin consignare and Latin signum. The prefix con- adds togetherness, combination, or intensification where the Latin formation gives it that value, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -or marks an agent or doer, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "the person or party who sends goods to another in a shipment", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include consign, consignment, consignee, and sign.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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