signatory

C2+ Topic:Politics & International Affairs

US /ˈsɪɡnəˌtɔri/ UK /ˈsɪɡnətəri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a party who has signed an agreement or treaty

Both nations were signatories to the disarmament treaty.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a party who has signed an... signersubscriber party endorser undersigned

Word family

Related forms signature sign signet

Etymology

From Latin signatorius ('of sealing'), from signare ('to mark, seal'), from signum ('mark, sign').

signatorius Latin signum Latin

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Topics

Politics & International Affairs Word Formation & Derivatives

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# signatory

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

## Meanings
1. a party who has signed an agreement or treaty

## Examples
- Both nations were signatories to the disarmament treaty.

## Synonyms
- signer
- subscriber
- party
- endorser
- undersigned

## Related Forms
- signature
- sign
- signet

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

## Etymology
From Latin signatorius ('of sealing'), from signare ('to mark, seal'), from signum ('mark, sign').

## AI Etymology
Signatory comes from Latin signatorius ('of sealing'), from signare ('to mark, seal'), from signum ('mark, sign'). The historical chain includes Latin signatorius and Latin signum. The quoted older senses, "of sealing", "to mark, seal", and "mark, sign", supply the semantic anchors for signatory. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word signatory carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a party who has signed an agreement or treaty". Related English forms include signature, sign, and signet. The result is a noun and adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Politics & International Affairs
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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