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arrestor

arrestor is the alternative form of arrester.

Meaning of arrester

Noun

arrester (plural arresters)

  1. One who places another under arrest.
  2. A device that stops or prevents, such as a railway buffer, or a spark arrester that prevents sparks from being released to start fires.

Forms of arrestor

pluralarrestors

Origin of arrestor

From arrest + -or.

Phrases with arrestor

Questions about arrestor

What is arrestor the alternative form of?
Arrestor is the alternative form of arrester.

Words near arrestor in the dictionary

  1. arrestive
  2. arrestively
  3. arrestiveness
  4. arrestment
  5. arrestments
  6. arrestor
  7. arrestors
  8. arrests
  9. arret
  10. Arretine
  11. Arretines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arrestor (page history and authors); arrester (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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