displacer

[ dis-pley-ser ]

/ dɪsˈpleɪ sər /

noun

a person or thing that displaces.

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Origin of displacer

First recorded in 1580–90; displace + -er¹

Words nearby displacer

displacement activity, displacement current, displacement hull, displacement ton, displacement tonnage, displacer, displant, display, display ad, display advertisement, display advertising

Example sentences from the Web for displacer

The Displacer pulsed, reminding him of the job he had to do.
Keep Your Shape|Robert Sheckley
The Displacer in his body pouch pulsed and tugged, urging him to be on his way toward the distant reactor room.
Keep Your Shape|Robert Sheckley
The engine contains two cylinders—a power cylinder A and a displacer cylinder B.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4|Various
The planting of the Displacer was too important a thing for him to fumble again.
Keep Your Shape|Robert Sheckley

A triumph of Identity Engineering, the Displacer allowed mass to be moved instantaneously between any two linked points.
Keep Your Shape|Robert Sheckley

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