castrator

English

Etymology

From castrate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

castrator (plural castrators)

1. One who castrates (gelds or neuters).
   • 2007 January 7, Lauren Collins, “Faces of War”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “I remind myself,” McCleary says, unconvincingly, “that in medieval times, surgeons and dentists were classified under the sign of Mars along with butchers, barbers, tinkers, castrators of animals, murderers and hangmen.”

Synonyms

• gelder

Translations

person who castrates

• French: châtreur (fr) m, châtreuse (fr) f
• Galician: capador m, capadora f
• German: Kastrierer m, Kastriererin f
• Greek: ευνουχιστής m (evnouchistís)
• Japanese: 去勢者 (kyoseisha), 宮刑執行人 (kyūkei shikkōnin)
• Latin: castrator (fr) m
• Volapük: (♂♀) negenükan, (♂) hinegenükan, (♀) jinegenükan

Latin

Verb

castrātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of castrō

References

• “castrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• castrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.