Word: promotor
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pro
mo
tor
Definition: (academia) A full professor of a Dutch, Flanders, South African, or German university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research.
Morphemes:
Affix: promote
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prōmōtus
Language: la
Decoded: promotus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: propelled, advanced
Affix: -or
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Creates an agent noun, indicating a person who does something.