expeller

[ ik-spel-er ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that expels.

  2. a press used to extract oil from corn, soybeans, etc.

Origin of expeller

1
First recorded in 1570–80; expel + -er1

Words Nearby expeller

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How to use expeller in a sentence

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

    Lola Montez | Edmund B. d'Auvergne
  • In his dream he stood before the shrine of Khonsu, expeller of Demons.

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

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

    Ebrietatis Encomium | Boniface Oinophilus
  • O Philosophye, the guide of life, (exclameth Tullie) the inquisitor of Vertue and expeller of vice.

    The Palace of Pleasure | William Painter