defecator

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English

Etymology

From defecate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

defecator (plural defecators)

  1. 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.
  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

(deprecated template usage) dēfecātor

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