Dictionary

dispenser en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪˈspɛnsə/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman dispensour, from Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator. By surface analysis, dispense + -er.

Meanings

1. Something or someone that dispenses things.
   • While we know – because the script tells us so – that the people we are watching are in love and in pain and in trouble, they never come across as more than dispensers of sparkling aperçus. 2014 October 30, Ben Brantley, “When the head leads the heart: 'The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, opens on Broadway [print version: When the witty head is far ahead of the heart: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor star in revival of 'Real Thing', International New York Times, 4 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times:
2. Something or someone that dispenses things. ▸ An object used to dispense other items.
   • a toilet-paper dispenser
3. Something or someone that dispenses things. ▸ A person who makes up prescriptions, such as an optician or pharmacist.

Forms

Deriveds

cash dispenser · soap dispenser · tape dispenser · autodispenser · nanodispenser · coin dispenser · microdispenser

Translations (29)

ca dispensador (object used to dispense other items) · de Abroller (object used to dispense other items) · pl dozownik (object used to dispense other items) · de Austeiler (object used to dispense other items) · sv dosa (object used to dispense other items) · ro dispensator (object used to dispense other items) · scn dispinzeri (object used to dispense other items) · it distributore (object used to dispense other items) · nb dispenser (object used to dispense other items) · el διανεμητής (object used to dispense other items) · fr dérouleur (object used to dispense other items) · de Spender (object used to dispense other items) · fi annostelija (object used to dispense other items) · sv utdelare (object used to dispense other items) · sv fördelare (object used to dispense other items) · fr distributeur (object used to dispense other items) · da dispenser (object used to dispense other items) · ru доза́тор (object used to dispense other items) · ga riarthóir (object used to dispense other items) · de Verteiler (object used to dispense other items) · it erogatore (object used to dispense other items) · hu adagoló (object used to dispense other items) · es dispensador (object used to dispense other items) · fi jakelulaite (object used to dispense other items) · ro distribuitor (object used to dispense other items) · nn dispenser (object used to dispense other items) · da farmaceut (person who makes up prescriptions) · ru автома́т (object used to dispense other items) · fr dévidoir (object used to dispense other items)