Do we say adapter or adaptor

adapter 72 occurrences

The original French is improper; so I will give you the English version, by the celebrated Robinson, the cleverest adapter of the day: 'Poor odalisques in captive thrall Must never let their charms pall: If they get the sack They ne'er come back; For the Bosphorus is the boss for all In this harem, harem, harem, harem, harum scarum place.

Edited by Roland A. Goodman, compiler & adapter.

By Charles Dickens, adapter:

By Walt Disney studio, adapter: Ernest Terrazas.

By Walt Disney Studio, adapter:

By Walt Disney Productions, adapter:

By Walt Disney Productions, adapter:

By Walt Disney Studio, adapter:

Story adapter: Helen Palmer, picture adapter: Bill Peet.

Story adapter: Helen Palmer, picture adapter: Bill Peet.

Adapter: Jane Werner, artist: Garth Williams.

Author: Jane Werner, adapter:

Author: Jane Werner, adapter: Campbell Grant, artist: Walt Disney Studio.

Author: Jane Werner, adapter: Campbell Grant, artist: Walt Disney Studio.

Jane Werner, art adapter:

Edited by Roland A. Goodman, compiler & adapter.

Adapter: Eleanor Graham, illustrator: Rachel Taft Dixon.

By Walt Disney studio, adapter: Ernest Terrazas.

By Walt Disney Studio, adapter:

By Walt Disney Productions, adapter:

By Walt Disney Productions, adapter:

By Walt Disney Studio, adapter:

Artist: Walt Disney Studio, adapter:

Story adapter: Helen Palmer, picture adapter: Bill Peet.

"Tom the Adapter" was the Terry dramatist for many years.

adaptor 13 occurrences

1: The Rhinegold (Das Rheingold) Robert Lawrence, adaptor.

2: The Valkyrie (Die Walküre) Robert Lawrence, adaptor.

Robert Lawrence, adaptor.

4: The twilight of the gods (Götterdämmerung) Robert Lawrence, adaptor.

Adaptor: Staff of Whitman.

Adaptor: Eleanor Graham, illustrator: Mervin Jules.

1: The Rhinegold (Das Rheingold) Robert Lawrence, adaptor.

2: The Valkyrie (Die Walküre) Robert Lawrence, adaptor.

Robert Lawrence, adaptor.

4: The twilight of the gods (Götterdämmerung) Robert Lawrence, adaptor.

Adaptor: Staff of Whitman.

Adaptor: Eleanor Graham, illustrator: Mervin Jules.

We can do some of these things by apparatus designed by the brain of manand man really is but an imitator and adaptor of Nature.

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