# summoner

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #68,671

## Definitions
1. One who summons or evokes, particularly in legal contexts.
2. An apparitor; an officer of an ecclesiastical court whose job it was to deliver a summons to an offending member of the diocese.
3. A small bell for summoning an employee to provide service.

## Etymology
From summon + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/summoner