expeller

[ ik-spel-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that expels.
2. a press used to extract oil from corn, soybeans, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of expeller¹

First recorded in 1570–80; expel + -er ¹

Example Sentences

At a place called Weinsberg lived a man named Justinus Kerner, who exercised the profession of an exorcist or expeller of devils.

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In his dream he stood before the shrine of Khonsu, Expeller of Demons.

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As the expeller of hard money, small notes were the bane and curse of a country.

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Horace, in like manner, insists that wine is the only proper expeller of the most racking cares.

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O Philosophye, the guide of life, (exclameth Tullie) the inquisitor of Vertue and expeller of vice.

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