circulator

[sur-kyuh-ley-ter]

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noun

a person who moves from place to place.

a person who circulates money, information, etc.

a talebearer or scandalmonger.

any of various devices for circulating gases or liquids.

Obsolete. a mountebank.

Origin of circulator

1600–10; < Latin circulātor itinerant vendor who gathers a circle of people round himself (see circulate, -tor); later as circulate + -or²

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Related Words for circulator

blabbermouth, meddler, snoop, parrot, tattler, tabby, tattle, taleteller, chatterbox, gossiper, rumormonger, informer, scandalmonger, busybody, talebearer, prattler, chatterer, t, flibbertigibbet, newsmonger

Examples from the Web for circulator

Historical Examples of circulator

Look here, beer-seller; I want you to understand that I am not a circulator of counterfeit money!
Told by the Death's Head
Mr Jkai
The circulating water, after passing through the condenser, discharges overboard through the circulator discharge pipe.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II
Joshua Rose
Now "circulator" in Latin means a charlatan—that is enough for Guy Patin.
The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
E. Rameur
Hill, the circulator of the Post, caused the arrest of five of the little fellows and they were locked up.
The Pullman Boycott
W. F. Burns
Controls are all in place and wired at the factory except connection to circulator.
Installation and Operation Instructions For Custom Mark III CP Series Oil Fired Unit
Anonymous

Word Origin and History for circulator

"one who puts (something) in circulation," 1755, agent noun in Latin form from circulate (v.). Classical Latin circulator meant "peddler, hawker," a sense attested occasionally in English 17c. and after.