"leaker" meaning in All languages combined

See leaker on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: leakers [plural]
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  1. Somebody who leaks information. Translations (somebody who leaks information): vazador [masculine] (Portuguese), vazadora [feminine] (Portuguese)
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  2. Anything that leaks. Translations (anything that leaks): vazador [masculine] (Portuguese), vazadora [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-leaker-en-noun-Dv9bJtcj Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'anything that leaks': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonleaker

Inflected forms

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