stimulater

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

stimulate +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

stimulater (plural stimulaters)

  1. Alternative form of stimulator
    • 1830, James Sullivan Martin, A Narrative of some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, page 181:
      he next produced some cider, as good and rich as wine, then giving each of us a large slice of his toasted bread, he told us to eat it and drink the cider,-—observing that he had done so for a number of years and found it the best stimulater imaginable.
    • 1968, Herbert Wayland Cummings, A Rhetorical Analysis of Dr. Duncan E. Littlefair Using Rokeach's Theory of the Open and Closed Mind, page 86:
      His speaker role as he defines it is as a stimulater, and not as a speaker seeking some definite course of action.
    • 1976, A Titan Exploration Study, page IR-80:
      Also, the stimulater material must be properly selected to eliminate confusion in interpreting the data.

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