"meliorator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meliorators [plural]
Etymology: From meliorate + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|meliorate|or}} meliorate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} meliorator (plural meliorators)
  1. One who meliorates; an improver.

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