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interruptor

interruptor is the alternative form of interrupter.

Meaning of interrupter

Noun

interrupter (plural interrupters)

  1. One who or that which interrupts.
    • The interrupter bowed, smiled, stroked his beard, and relapsed into his chair.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit.
  3. (humorous, slang) An interpreter (person who interprets speech in a foreign language).
    • The other half of the local staff was employed as interpreters, often affectionately known as 'interrupters.'2005, Ian Oliver, Jan Oliver, War and Peace in the Balkans

Forms of interruptor

pluralinterruptors

Questions about interruptor

What is interruptor the alternative form of?
Interruptor is the alternative form of interrupter.

Words near interruptor in the dictionary

  1. interruptionless
  2. interruptions
  3. interruptive
  4. interruptively
  5. interruptless
  6. interruptor
  7. interruptors
  8. interruptory
  9. interrupts
  10. interrupty
  11. inters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: interruptor (page history and authors); interrupter (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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