Dictionary

defecator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛfəˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /ˈdɛfɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

From defecate + -or.

Meanings

1. One who defecates.
   • 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. 1999 February 12, Chuck Shepherd, “News of the Weird”, in Chicago Reader:
2. (archaic) That which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing impurities from juices and syrups.
   • 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:

Forms