evacuator en · NOUN
Etymology
From evacuate + -or.
Meanings
-
One who evacuates; a nullifier.
In which words sure He doth not pitch on the name of scribes and Pharisees, peculiarly as those that were the greatest evacuators of the law by their own hypocritical practices or false glosses in some particulars […]
1644, Henry Hammond, Practical Catechism:
- An agent for emptying, especially an instrument for removing fragments of stone from the bladder after litholapaxy.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| evacuators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |