ˈded.ə(r), -etə(r) sometimes -ed.ˌȯ(ə)r or -eˌtȯ- or -ȯ(ə) esp in the Lordʸs Prayer noun
( -s )
Etymology: alteration of Middle English dettour, detter, from Old French detur, dettour, from Latin debitor, from debitum debt + -or — more at debt
1. : one guilty of neglect or violation of duty : sinner
forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors — Mt 6:12 (Revised Standard Version)
2. : one indebted to another:
a. : one under obligation to another
debtors for our lives to you — Alfred Tennyson
b. : one owing money to another
founded a colony for the relief of debtors — University of Georgia Press Books
— opposed to creditor