defecator
nounUK /ˈdɛfɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/
Etymology From defecate + -or.
1
One who defecates.
- Number two in the news: In January police in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, were investigating a suspected serial defecator who had soiled three locations around town during the holiday season, including the floor of a recreation center.1999 February 12, Chuck Shepherd, “News of the Weird”, in Chicago Reader:
2
Archaic That which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing impurities from juices and syrups.
- After the preliminary filtering or settling of the juice, it is taken into the defecator, and there receives the treatment with lime.1884, Peter Collier, Sorghum, page 293: