circulator

noun

cir·​cu·​la·​tor ˈsər-kyə-ˌlā-tər 

plural -s

: one that circulates:

a

obsolete : mountebank, quack

b

: gossip, scandalmonger

c

: a machine for circulating fluids or heating by convection

d

: a worker in a copper refinery who maintains circulation in electrolysis tanks and removes copper incrustations

Word History

Etymology

Latin, peddler, mountebank, from circulatus (past participle of circulari to go around) + -or

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Rhymes for circulator

• activator
• actuator
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• alligator
• allocator
• alternator
• animator
• annotator
• applicator
• arbitrator
• aspirator
• aviator