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Dispenser

//dɪˈspɛnsə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something or someone that dispenses things.

    "While we know – because the script tells us so – that the people we are watching are in love and in pain and in trouble, they never come across as more than dispensers of sparkling aperçus."

  2. 2
    a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts wordnet
  3. 3
    Something or someone that dispenses things.; An object used to dispense other items.

    "a toilet-paper dispenser"

  4. 4
    a person who dispenses wordnet
  5. 5
    Something or someone that dispenses things.; A person who makes up prescriptions, such as an optician or pharmacist.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman dispensour, from Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator. By surface analysis, dispense + -er.

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