Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who adulterates.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One who adulterates or corrupts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who or an agency that
adulterates something requiring purity or absence ofcontamination .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance
- noun any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance
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Examples
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John McCain,is a low-life adulterator,and where are his kids,from his first wife.
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One Marwari = the neighbourhood foodstuffs adulterator.
Why are South Indians so smart? Steve Sailer 2002
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These characters must not, however, be too implicitly relied on, for they are all imitated with wonderful ingenuity by the skilful adulterator, and they are applicable only to Peruvian guano; the others being so variable that no general rules can be given for determining whether they are genuine.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson
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Just as the manufacturer of honest foods is driven out by the adulterator, so the worker of miracles drives out the sincere investigator.
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Upton Sinclair 1923
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Just as the manufacturer of honest foods is driven out by the adulterator, so the worker of miracles drives out the sincere investigator.
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation 1918
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Bhagwan Dass is an extortionate and an adulterator.
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Bhagwan Dass is an extortionate and an adulterator.
Plain Tales from the Hills Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Bhagwan Dass is an extortionate and an adulterator.
The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Egerton Castle 1889
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A grocer, a lucky adulterator, now took the place of the former ecclesiastical governor of an institution called in former times
The Lesser Bourgeoisie Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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