"exterminator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈstɝmɪˌneɪtɚ/ [General-American], /ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exterminator.wav Forms: exterminators [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exterminātor. By surface analysis, exterminate + -or. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|exterminātor}} Latin exterminātor, {{surface analysis|en|exterminate|-or<id:agent noun>}} By surface analysis, exterminate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} exterminator (plural exterminators)
  1. Someone or something that exterminates. Translations (someone or something that exterminates): exterminador [masculine] (Catalan), exterminateur [masculine] (French), exterminātor [masculine] (Latin), exterminātrīx [feminine] (Latin), exterminador [masculine] (Spanish), exterminadora [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-exterminator-en-noun-rTKCE5DN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or (agent noun): 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 55 21 4 4 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 25 3 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Occupations: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'someone or something that exterminates': 99 1
  2. Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building. Translations (person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building): exterminador [masculine] (Catalan), Kammerjäger [masculine] (German), Kammerjägerin [feminine] (German), מַדְבִּיר [masculine] (Hebrew), 駆除業者 (kujo gyōsha) (alt: くじょぎょうしゃ) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-exterminator-en-noun-2NFb0ziF Categories (other): Occupations Disambiguation of Occupations: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: exterminatress
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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