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meliorator

meliorator noun: one who meliorates; an improver.

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 meliorator

pluralmeliorators

Origin of meliorator

From meliorate + -or.

Questions about meliorator

What does meliorator mean?
Meliorator means one who meliorates; an improver.
What part of speech is meliorator?
Meliorator is a noun.
What is the plural of meliorator?
The plural of meliorator is meliorators.

Words near meliorator in the dictionary

  1. meliorates
  2. meliorating
  3. melioration
  4. meliorations
  5. meliorative
  6. meliorator
  7. meliorators
  8. meliorbiosis
  9. meliorbiotic
  10. meliorism
  11. meliorisms

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