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perpetuator

perpetuator noun: one who perpetuates.

Noun

perpetuator (plural perpetuators)

  1. One who perpetuates.
    • Pornography, a business many feel may be the essence and perpetuator of so many straight men's need to prove their masculinity by abusing women.1977 April 30, Dai Thompson, “Conntact”, in Gay Community News, page 2
    • Thus, by the end of the twentieth century, Christian scholars of Islam had become the unwitting guardians and perpetuators of the myth of Islamic tolerance.2005, Robert Spencer, The myth of Islamic tolerance

Forms of perpetuator

pluralperpetuators

Origin of perpetuator

From perpetuate + -or.

Questions about perpetuator

What does perpetuator mean?
Perpetuator means one who perpetuates.
What part of speech is perpetuator?
Perpetuator is a noun.
What is the plural of perpetuator?
The plural of perpetuator is perpetuators.

Words near perpetuator in the dictionary

  1. perpetuatest
  2. perpetuateth
  3. perpetuating
  4. perpetuation
  5. perpetuations
  6. perpetuator
  7. perpetuators
  8. perpetuities
  9. perpetuity
  10. perpetuous
  11. perpetuously

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