Definitions

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  • noun Something that infects; that causes infection.

Etymologies

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to infect + -or.

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Examples

  • I had a great moment not long ago when things came full circle and Kiran watched my own TED talk, cheering me on as I shared the story about how I became a super-infector of the I CAN virus thanks to her.

    Guest post 20 – Mihirini de Zoysa on the I Can project in Sri Lanka « Ken Wilson's Blog 2010

  • Among the characters are Flemish villagers, a Byzantine nun and someone called the "St. Vitus's dance infector," a man who spreads a disease that causes sudden spastic movements.

    A singular vision: Nearing 80, Paul Taylor is as moving a dance figure as ever 2010

  • However, competition seems to have crashed the price of some of the market's commodities, like infected PCs, which only generate a $0.30 payment to the infector.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • Forty seven other performers have jumped onto the Hallelujah bandwagon, including perennial yuletide chart infector Cliff Richard, whose version of the song will be spliced with text from Book II of the Corinthians.

    Entire Christmas Top 40 To Consist Of ‘Hallelujah’ Covers Push Jelly 2008

  • Forty seven other performers have jumped onto the Hallelujah bandwagon, including perennial yuletide chart infector Cliff Richard, whose version of the song will be spliced with text from Book II of the Corinthians.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Push Jelly 2008

  • During a spinach-related E. coli outbreak in the part of the world the spinach is from, raw milk is the first assumed infector

    Current Affairs 2007

  • During a spinach-related E. coli outbreak in the part of the world the spinach is from, raw milk is the first assumed infector

    rants 2006

  • During a spinach-related E. coli outbreak in the part of the world the spinach is from, raw milk is the first assumed infector

    Thoughts week ending 9/29/06 2006

  • Shruggle. 1318 is a direct-action file infector, similar to W64.

    New: 64-bit Windows virus 2004

  • During a spinach-related E. coli outbreak in the part of the world the spinach is from, raw milk is the first assumed infector

    Augieland: 2006

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