contaminator en · NOUN
Etymology
From contaminate + -or.
Meanings
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A person who contaminates.
At which the afflicted father, count Raymond, when his wife Melusine was entering his closet to comfort him, broke out into these words against her, before all the courtiers who attended her: - "Out of my sight, thou pernicious snake and odious serpent! thou contaminator of my race!"
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 303:
- A thing that contaminates; a contaminant.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| contaminators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
adulterator · pollutant · impurity · pollutant · adulterant · contamination · pollution · contamination · adulterator · sophisticant · contaminator · polluter · taint · contaminant · adulterant
Translations (1)
bg замърсител (person who contaminates)