settlor

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈsɛtlɚ/ UK /ˈsɛtlə/ See IPA manual

Homophones

settler /ˈsɛt.lɚ/

Meanings

1

noun
a person who creates a trust by settling property on trustees

The settlor named her two children as beneficiaries of the trust.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who creates a... grantortrustordonor founder

Opposites

trustee beneficiary

Word family

Related forms settle settlement settler

Etymology

Legal coinage from the verb settle (to fix, establish) plus the Latin-derived agentive suffix -or; settle is from Old English setlan ('to place, fix'), from setl ('seat').

setlan Old English

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# settlor

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

## Meanings
1. a person who creates a trust by settling property on trustees

## Examples
- The settlor named her two children as beneficiaries of the trust.

## Synonyms
- grantor
- trustor
- donor
- founder

## Antonyms
- trustee
- beneficiary

## Related Forms
- settle
- settlement
- settler

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: setlan

## Etymology
Legal coinage from the verb settle (to fix, establish) plus the Latin-derived agentive suffix -or; settle is from Old English setlan ('to place, fix'), from setl ('seat').

## AI Etymology
Settlor is a legal coinage from the verb settle (to fix, establish) plus the Latin-derived agentive suffix -or; settle is from Old English setlan ('to place, fix'), from setl ('seat'). The historical chain includes Old English setlan. The quoted older senses, "to place, fix" and "seat", supply the semantic anchors for settlor. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word settlor carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a person who creates a trust by settling property on trustees". Related English forms include settle, settlement, and settler. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

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

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