tractor

tractor [CL trahere+-tor] 1 one who hauls or conveys goods, haulier. 1273 Rogerus ~or vini (Tweedmouth) DCDurh. Misc. Ch. 5545. 2 one who draws liquid from cask, drawer. 1283 ~or cervisie [percipit] ebdomodatim iij d. Dom. S. Paul. 171; 1322 ~or vini et cervisie, qui est cupparius, pro se et garcione suo DCCant. Register/J p. 511. 3 one who draws or marks out design (cf. tractio 7). 1441 tot ~ores, purtratores, ac homines et mulieres brauderatores quot pro operacionibus nostris necessarii fuerint Pat 451 m. 18d.. 4 author of treatise. 12‥ in principio hujus opusculi ~oribus emulis, i. e. invidis, est oviandum Garl. Mor. Scol. intr. p. 180.