defecator

English

Etymology

From defecate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛfəˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

defecator (plural defecators)

1. One who defecates.

   Defecator, may everything turn out okay so that you can leave this place.

   • 1999 February 12, Chuck Shepherd, “News of the Weird”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Number two in the news: In January police in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, were investigating a suspected serial defecator who had soiled three locations around town during the holiday season, including the floor of a recreation center.

2. (archaic) That which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing impurities from juices and syrups.
   • 1884, Peter Collier, Sorghum, page 293:

     After the preliminary filtering or settling of the juice, it is taken into the defecator, and there receives the treatment with lime.

Latin

Verb

dēfecātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dēfecō