contaminator

English

Etymology

From contaminate +‎ -or.

Noun

contaminator (plural contaminators)

1. A person who contaminates.
2. A thing that contaminates; a contaminant.

Derived terms

• cross-contamination

Related terms

• contamination

Translations

person who contaminates

• Bulgarian: замърсител (zamǎrsitel)

thing that contaminates

Latin

Verb

contāminātor

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

References

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