noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Someone or something that exterminates.
2. 2
   someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) wordnet
3. 3
   Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.

Synonyms

All synonyms

annihilatorapachearsonistassassinassassinatorbiblioclast

Example

More examples

"We have ants in the kitchen. We need to call an exterminator."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exterminātor. By surface analysis, exterminate + -or.

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