Promotor (noun)
(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.
Promotor (noun)
A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst.
Promoter (noun)
One who promotes, particularly with respect to entertainment events or goods.
Promoter (noun)
The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene.
Promoter (noun)
An accelerator of catalysis that is not itself a catalyst.
Promoter (noun)
a person or company that finances or organizes a sporting event, concert, or theatrical production
“a boxing promoter”
Promoter (noun)
a person involved in setting up and funding a new company.
Promoter (noun)
a supporter of a cause or aim
“Mitterrand was a fierce promoter of European integration”
Promoter (noun)
an additive that increases the activity of a catalyst.
Promoter (noun)
a region of a DNA molecule which forms the site at which transcription of a gene starts.