"trafficator" meaning in English

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          "text": "There were vehicles following me, of course, but was any of them trailing me? […] Without any warning, and without signalling with the trafficator, I took a sudden right turn, hoping to shake off my trailer.",
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        "A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which it is about to turn."
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          "motor",
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        "(Nigeria, automotive) A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which it is about to turn."
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          "word": "directional signal"
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          "word": "direction indicator"
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          "word": "indicator"
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          "word": "turn signal"
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        "(historical) A semaphore device with a steady light that served the same purpose on early vehicles."
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          "sense": "semaphore",
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