leveler

[ lev-uh-ler ]

/ ˈlɛv ə lər /

a person or thing that levels.

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Also especially British, lev·el·ler.

First recorded in 1590–1600; level + -er¹

self-lev·el·er, noun

She thought of that epithet that people so often echo—Death the Leveler.
The Devil's Garden|W. B. Maxwell
A grapple-armed machine laid hold on one of the wrecked beetles and, whining with effort, sought to drag it to leveler ground.
World of the Drone|Robert Abernathy
There is no leveler like a ship's fo'c'sle, no better school of philosophy than that of men upon their "beam ends."
The Vagrant Duke|George Gibbs
Why, I did not see more prairie or leveler land in the west than I did in passing through Canada.
To and Through Nebraska|Frances I. Sims Fulton

Another is its power as a leveler, and hence as an adjunct of democracy.
A Librarian's Open Shelf|Arthur E. Bostwick