Meliorator

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who meliorates; an improver.

    "Who can fault Ralph Waldo Emerson for observing that “the greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering trade?”"

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"Who can fault Ralph Waldo Emerson for observing that “the greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering trade?”"

Etymology

From meliorate + -or.

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