English

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Etymology

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From perturb +‎ -er.

Noun

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perturber (plural perturbers)

  1. One who or that which perturbs.
    • 1836, George Payne Rainsford James, Lives of the Most Eminent Foreign Statesmen:
      The queen forgot the dignity of her station and the softness of her sex, and, in language more fit for the markets than the court, called him rogue, and traitor, and perturber of the public peace; []
  2. (physics) A source of perturbation.
    This moon is a significant perturber.
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Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin perturbāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.tyʁ.be/
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Verb

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perturber

  1. (transitive) to disrupt, to disturb
  2. (transitive) to throw off, to fluster

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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perturber

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of perturbō