deballer

English

Etymology

From deball +‎ -er.

Noun

deballer (plural deballers)

  1. An emasculator or castrator.
    • 1978, Irwin Shaw ·, Beggarman, Thief, page 318:
      Since he died, she wants to get even on something, anything, everybody, every director, and she's become the great deballer of the twentieth century .
    • 2008, Peter Plagens, The Art Critic, page 14:
      The two freckle-faced, gap-toothed daughters, from what Arthur could see of them in the work at FleaMarket, hardly seemed to be card-carrying members of the Future Deballers of America.
    • 2011, Beverly Donofrio, Riding In Cars With Boys:
      Joyce, who was a staple at Fay's house, was a vociferous opponent of marriage and a devout deballer of men.
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