degrader en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈɡɹeɪdə(ɹ)/ (UK)
Etymology
From degrade + -er.
Meanings
-
One who, or that which, degrades.
The end of the rainbow is Elizabeth Berkley, a former dancer who could exhume the corpse of Martha Graham and still go to her own grave known solely for “Showgirls,” that great degrader of the once simply disreputable profession of stripping.
2008 April 3, Ginia Bellafante, “Gladiators of the Dance in the Arena of Reality TV”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| degraders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |