n. [ OE. dettur, dettour, OF. detor, detur, detour, F. débiteur, fr. L. debitor, fr. debere to owe. See Debt. ] One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ I 'll ] bring your latter hazard back again,
And thankfully rest debtor for the first. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
In Athens an insolvent debtor became slave to his creditor. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]
Debtors for our lives to you. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]