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defecator

UK/ˈdɛfɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/

defecator noun: one who defecates.

Noun

defecator (plural defecators)

  1. One who defecates.
    • Number two in the news: In January police in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, were investigating a suspected serial defecator who had soiled three locations around town during the holiday season, including the floor of a recreation center.1999 February 12, Chuck Shepherd, “News of the Weird”, in Chicago Reader
  2. (archaic) That which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing impurities from juices and syrups.
    • After the preliminary filtering or settling of the juice, it is taken into the defecator, and there receives the treatment with lime.1884, Peter Collier, Sorghum, page 293

defecator meaning in Bengali

defecator in Bengali

যিনি মলত্যাগ করেন, শোধন করে

Forms of defecator

pluraldefecators

Origin of defecator

From defecate + -or.

Questions about defecator

What does defecator mean?
Defecator means one who defecates.
What is defecator in Bengali?
Defecator in Bengali is যিনি মলত্যাগ করেন, শোধন করে. See Defecator meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is defecator?
Defecator is a noun.
How do you pronounce defecator?
Defecator is pronounced /ˈdɛfɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of defecator?
The plural of defecator is defecators.

Words near defecator in the dictionary

  1. defecated
  2. defecates
  3. defecating
  4. defecation
  5. defecations
  6. defecator
  7. defecators
  8. defecatory
  9. defecographic
  10. defecography
  11. defect

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Adapted from Wiktionary: defecator (page history and authors); defecator (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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