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exterminator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪkˈstɝmɪˌneɪtɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exterminātor. By surface analysis, exterminate + -or.

Meanings

1. Someone or something that exterminates.
2. Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.

Forms

Deriveds

exterminatress

Translations (12)

fr exterminateur (someone or something that exterminates) · ja 駆除業者 (person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building) · he מַדְבִּיר (person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building) · la exterminātor (someone or something that exterminates) · de Kammerjägerin (person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building) · es exterminadora (someone or something that exterminates) · la exterminātrīx (someone or something that exterminates) · de Kammerjäger (person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building) · es exterminador (someone or something that exterminates) · ca exterminador (person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building) · mk истребувач (someone or something that exterminates) · ca exterminador (someone or something that exterminates)