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English
Etymology
From castrate + -or.
Pronunciation
Noun
castrator (plural castrators)
- One who castrates (gelds or neuters).
2007 January 7, Lauren Collins, “Faces of War”, in New York Times:“I remind myself,” McCleary says, unconvincingly, “that in medieval times, surgeons and dentists were classified under the sign of Mars along with butchers, barbers, tinkers, castrators of animals, murderers and hangmen.”
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Latin
Verb
castrātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of castrō
References
- “castrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- castrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.