SIGNATORY

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does signatory mean? 

• SIGNATORY (noun)
  The noun SIGNATORY has 1 sense:

1. someone who signs and is bound by a document

  Familiarity information: SIGNATORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGNATORY (noun)

Meaning:

Someone who signs and is bound by a document

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

signatory; signer

Hypernyms ("signatory" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "signatory"):

cosignatory; cosigner (one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration))

cosigner (a signer in addition to the principal signer (to verify the authenticity of the principal signature or to provide surety))

abhorrer (a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred)

endorser; indorser (a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security)

attestant; attestator; attestor; witness ((law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature)