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dispenser

[ dih-spen-ser ]
/ dɪˈspɛn sər /
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noun

a person or thing that dispenses.
a container, package, device, or vending machine for holding and dispensing something in small amounts, as facial tissue, paper cups, or candy.

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Nearby words

  1. dispensationalism,
  2. dispensator,
  3. dispensatory,
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  5. dispense with,
  6. dispensible,
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  8. dispeople,
  9. dispermous,
  10. dispermy

Origin of dispenser

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at dispense, -er1
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British Dictionary definitions for dispenser

dispenser

/ (dɪˈspɛnsə) /

noun

a device, such as a vending machine, that automatically dispenses a single item or a measured quantity
a person or thing that dispenses
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for dispenser

dispenser

n.

c.1400, "one who administers" (a household, etc.), c.1200 in surnames, from Anglo-French dispensour, Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensatorem, agent noun from dispensare (see dispense). Meaning "a container that dispenses in fixed measure" is from 1918.

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