castrator
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
editcastrator (plural castrators)
- 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.”
Synonyms
editTranslations
editperson who castrates
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Latin
editVerb
editcastrātor
References
edit- “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.