Degrader

//dɪˈɡɹeɪdə(ɹ)// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, degrades.

    "The end of the rainbow is Elizabeth Berkley, a former dancer who could exhume the corpse of Martha Graham and still go to her own grave known solely for “Showgirls,” that great degrader of the once simply disreputable profession of stripping."

  2. 2
    a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) wordnet

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debaserdebaser

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"The end of the rainbow is Elizabeth Berkley, a former dancer who could exhume the corpse of Martha Graham and still go to her own grave known solely for “Showgirls,” that great degrader of the once simply disreputable profession of stripping."

Etymology

From degrade + -er.

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