dissipator en · NOUN
Etymology
From dissipate + -or.
Meanings
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One who, or that which, dissipates something.
The Population Factor is a dissipator or swamper of the gain in per capita income and hence of the redressal of poverty to that degree.
1991, Kedar Nath Prasad, India's Rural Problems, page 38:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dissipater | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dissipators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |