menstruator
menstruator noun: a person who menstruates.
Noun
menstruator (plural menstruators)
- A person who menstruates.
- Today she would probably be diagnosed with menorrhagia or Von Willbrand disease, a rare blood-clotting disorder, but then, she would have been viewed as a perpetual menstruator, eternally unclean, contaminating, and forbidden to have contact with any man.2011, Chris Bobel, Samantha Kwan, Embodied Resistance: Challenging the Norms, Breaking the Rules
- The most obvious population of menstruators affected by period poverty is homeless women, who struggle to afford any basic necessity, including shelter. And as we just discussed, period poverty for homeless women can be dangerous and detrimental to their health.2018, Nadya Okamoto, Period Power, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 132
Forms of menstruator
| plural | menstruators |
|---|---|
| alternative form | menstruater |
Origin of menstruator
From menstruate + -or.
Questions about menstruator
- What does menstruator mean?
- Menstruator means a person who menstruates.
- What part of speech is menstruator?
- Menstruator is a noun.
- What is the plural of menstruator?
- The plural of menstruator is menstruators.
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