circulator
Americannoun
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a person who moves from place to place.
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a person who circulates money, information, etc.
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a talebearer or scandalmonger.
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any of various devices for circulating gases or liquids.
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Obsolete. a mountebank.
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
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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
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
“To be clear, if paid circulator fraud did occur to any extent, the Recall Committee, survivors of crime, and residents of Los Angeles are the victims, and the paid circulators should be held fully accountable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
Bryan Culbertson, who said he was lied to by a circulator at the Oakland farmers market, said he found it difficult to find clear information online about how to withdraw his signature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 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 Ida Husted Harper
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