castrator

English

Etymology

From castrate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

castrator (plural castrators)

  1. One who castrates (gelds or neuters).
    • 2007 January 7, Lauren Collins, “Faces of War”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      “I remind myself,” McCleary says, unconvincingly, “that in medieval times, surgeons and dentists were classified under the sign of Mars along with butchers, barbers, tinkers, castrators of animals, murderers and hangmen.”

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Translations

Latin

Verb

castrātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of castrō

References

  • “castrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • castrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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