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English
Etymology
From irrigate + -or.
Noun
irrigator (plural irrigators)
- One who, or that which, irrigates.
- A device for cleansing a wound with water.
Latin
Verb
irrigātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of irrigō
References
- “irrigator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- irrigator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- irrigator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016