Dictionary meanings for hotṛ from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (trī f.) [hu-tṛc] Sacri- ficing, offering oblations with fire; vahati vidhihutaṃ yā haviryā ca hotrī Ś. 1. 1. m.
1 A sacrificial priest, es- pecially one who recites the pray- ers of the Ṛgveda at a sacrifice.
2 A sacrificer; R. 1. 62. 82; Ms. 11. 36.
3 An epithet of Agni.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. (fr. 1. hu) an offerer of an oblation or burnt-offering (with fire), sacrificer, priest, (esp.) a priest who at a sacrifice invokes the gods or recites the R2ig-veda ṛg-veda, a R2ig-veda ṛg-veda pr priest (one of the 4 kinds of officiating priest, see... m. N. of S3iva śiva MBh. 1306,1 264481 mf (trI) n. one who sacrifices (gen. or comp.), sacrificer Mn.; MBh. &c 166098 1306,1 264482 n. the work or function of...