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meliorater

meliorater is the alternative form of meliorator.

Meaning of meliorator

Noun

meliorator (plural meliorators)

  1. One who meliorates; an improver.
    • Who can fault Ralph Waldo Emerson for observing that “the greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering trade?”2007 October 21, Harry Hurt Iii, “A Lens on Wealth, From All the Angles”, in New York Times

Forms of meliorater

pluralmelioraters

Origin of meliorater

From meliorate + -er.

Questions about meliorater

What is meliorater the alternative form of?
Meliorater is the alternative form of meliorator.

Words near meliorater in the dictionary

  1. meliorable
  2. meliorant
  3. meliorants
  4. meliorate
  5. meliorated
  6. meliorater
  7. melioraters
  8. meliorates
  9. meliorating
  10. melioration
  11. meliorations

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