Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as castrater. Southey.

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  • noun One who castrates (gelds or neuters).

Etymologies

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castrate +‎ -or

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Examples

  • Selivanov misread it as Oskopitel 'which means "castrator", a difference obvious even to the non-theologian.

    Mac Uaid Liam 2010

  • I think the etch and sketch thing is named the "Tyra-strator" so it would go a long with the whole Laura being a cow castrator thing ...

    Mehovers 2009

  • Chronologically, the original castrator is the mother, and as a consequence female stammerers, as part of the Oedipus situation, hate their mothers.

    Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995

  • Chronologically, the original castrator is the mother, and as a consequence female stammerers, as part of the Oedipus situation, hate their mothers.

    Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995

  • 'Whilst attending a patient on a farm on September 5 last my attention was called to a cart-horse, five years of age, that had been castrated in the standing position by a travelling castrator about ten days previously.

    Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

  • Tatăl meu Rusía închide tot acest complex faţă de tatăl castrator care a fost tatăl meu biografic, care a fost România comunistă, Rusia comunistă, dar închide şi celălalt complex, mai mare, religios, al relaţiei dintre tată şi fiu, care

    WN.com - Articles related to Internet social networking is challenging our notion of privacy 2010

  • This is the classic story of the gallery both as midwife, helping the artist give birth to a work, and as its castrator.

    The Guardian World News Adrian Searle 2010

  • Tatăl meu Rusía închide tot acest complex faţă de tatăl castrator care a fost tatăl meu biografic, care a fost România comunistă, Rusia comunistă, dar închide şi celălalt complex, mai mare, religios, al relaţiei dintre tată şi fiu, care

    WN.com - Articles related to Internet social networking is challenging our notion of privacy 2010

  • Tatăl meu Rusía închide tot acest complex faţă de tatăl castrator care a fost tatăl meu biografic, care a fost România comunistă, Rusia comunistă, dar închide şi celălalt complex, mai mare, religios, al relaţiei dintre tată şi fiu, care

    WN.com - Articles related to Internet social networking is challenging our notion of privacy 2010

  • Orfeo was originally written for a male castrator but in modern times has been sung mostly by mezzos.

    Durangoherald.com 2009

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