brephotrophus

brephotrophus (bre-fah-tr[schwa]-f[schwa]s). [Greek] Civil law. A person who manages institutions that receive and care for poor or abandoned children. • The word is Greek in origin (lit. meaning “one who feeds an infant”) and was used in late Roman law, but it first appeared in English in the 18th century. Pl. brephotrophi.

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双语律师Shifang，知名法学院法律专业，擅长翻译各类与企业改组和重组相关的法律文件。