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Excavator

//ˈɛkskəˌveɪtə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who excavates.

    "the excavators of an ancient Egyptian tomb"

  2. 2
    a machine for excavating wordnet
  3. 3
    A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.
  4. 4
    a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying wordnet
  5. 5
    A curette used to scrape out pathological material.

Etymology

From excavate + -or.

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