defecator
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
defecator (plural defecators)
- One who defecates.
- 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.
- Defecator, may everything turn out okay so that you can leave this place.
- (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.
- 1884, Peter Collier, Sorghum (page 293)
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) dēfecātor