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lacrimator

lacrimator is the alternative spelling of lachrymator.

Meaning of lachrymator

Noun

lachrymator (plural lachrymators)

  1. Any substance that causes tears, such as tear gas.

Forms of lacrimator

plurallacrimators

Origin of lacrimator

From lacrimate + -or.

Questions about lacrimator

What is lacrimator the alternative spelling of?
Lacrimator is the alternative spelling of lachrymator.

Words near lacrimator in the dictionary

  1. lacrimated
  2. lacrimates
  3. lacrimating
  4. lacrimation
  5. lacrimations
  6. lacrimator
  7. lacrimatories
  8. lacrimators
  9. lacrimatory
  10. lacrimiform
  11. lacrimoauriculodentodigital

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