circulator

American  

[sur-kyuh-ley-ter] / ˈsɜr kyəˌleɪ tər /

noun

1. a person who moves from place to place.

2. a person who circulates money, information, etc.

3. a talebearer or scandalmonger.

4. any of various devices for circulating gases or liquids.

5. Obsolete. a mountebank.

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Etymology

Origin of circulator

1600–10; < Latin circulātor itinerant vendor who gathers a circle of people round himself ( circulate, -tor ); later as circulate + -or ²

Example Sentences

Online reaction to Metro’s draft environmental impact report echoes the agency’s dilemma: choosing speed and convenience, or creating a local circulator to densely populated neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

At the center of the "Y" is the circulator, which is like a traffic roundabout for the microwave signals mediating the quantum interactions.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2024

It’s not Uber specifically, but six months ago, Bellevue debuted its own downtown circulator transit service — sort of its own version of a streetcar.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2024

You might have anti-griddles over here, you're going to have a Carpigiani ice cream machine over here, you're going to have a circulator already set.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023

On the back of each petition is a certificate in which the circulator certifies that each man signed in his presence and the signature must have two witnesses.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted