dispenser

[ dih-spen-ser ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that dispenses.

  2. a container, package, device, or vending machine for holding and dispensing something in small amounts, as facial tissue, paper cups, or candy.

Origin of dispenser

1
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at dispense, -er1

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How to use dispenser in a sentence

  • It was Roberts who secured a position behind one of these erstwhile dispensers of liquid soothing-syrup and rapped for order.

    The Onslaught from Rigel | Fletcher Pratt
  • That man is often uninformed simply because the dispensers of information are uninformed.

    The Pacific Triangle | Sydney Greenbie
  • There was not a people in antiquity who had not dispensers of Divine favour.

    Sermons Preached at Brighton | Frederick W. Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for dispenser

dispenser

/ (dɪˈspɛnsə) /


noun
  1. a device, such as a vending machine, that automatically dispenses a single item or a measured quantity

  2. a person or thing that dispenses

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