castor

From Old French castor (“beaver”), from Latin castor (“beaver”).

• caster

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːs.tə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːstə(r)
• Homophone: caster

castor (plural castors)

1. A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.
2. A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     I have always been known for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor.

3. A caster; a container with perforated cap for sprinkling (e.g. pepper-castor).
4. A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
5. castoreum

• castor sugar

• castor bean
• castor oil

Named from Greek mythology; see Castor and Pollux. The name pollux was given to another mineral with which it was always found.

castor (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of petalite found in Elba.

• castorite

• Castro, Croats, acrost, actors, co-star, costar, scroat, scrota

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

From Latin castor.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kəsˈto/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kasˈtoɾ/

castor m (plural castors)

1. beaver

• “castor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

• IPA^(key): /kas.tɔʁ/

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• Homophone: castors

castor m (plural castors)

1. beaver (aquatic mammal)

• (beaver): bièvre

• “castor” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• scorât

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

From Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr), from Doric Greek κάστον (káston, “wood”). See also Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī, “musk”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tor/, [ˈkas.tɔr]

castor m (genitive castoris); third declension

1. beaver

Third declension.

• fiber, beber (Late Latin)

• castoreātus
• castoreum
• castorīnātus
• castorīnus

• Castor

• Castor

• Arctos

• castor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• castor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• castor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• castor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• castor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• castor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Borrowed from French castor, from Latin castor (“beaver”).

castor m (plural castors)

1. (Jersey) beaver

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

Borrowed from French castor and its source, Latin castor, from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr).

castor m (plural castori)

1. beaver

• biber (less common)

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver