excluder

noun

ex·​clud·​er

-də(r)

plural -s

: one that excludes: such as

a

: a person who tries to keep another out of office

b

: a screen with divisions large enough to permit passage of workers but not a queen bee that is placed between chambers or supers of a beehive especially to control the distribution of brood

c

British : a heavy rubber overshoe : galosh

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