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vaccinator

American  
[vak-suh-ney-ter] / ˈvæk səˌneɪ tər /

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. a person who vaccinates.

  2. an instrument used in vaccination.


Etymology

Origin of vaccinator

First recorded in 1800–10; vaccinate + -or 2

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Health boards supply the Scottish government with daily updates on the total number of vaccinations they are able to provide and vaccinator staffing numbers but this has not been made publicly available yet.

From BBC Dec. 13, 2021

Thanks to all @Glasgowclub Easterhouse vaccine centre - and especially vaccinator, Catherine - for making it all painless for me.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2021

“Before, there were four to five doctors, one vaccinator and a nurse in the village,” Omar said.

From Washington Post Oct. 4, 2021

Then the vaccinator pushed the needle into the girl’s arm, and pulled it out.

From Seattle Times Jul. 2, 2021

The vaccinator stopped before a man, dipped his lance or whatever the instrument was into the jar, and gripping the arm tightly just above the elbow, made four big slashes on the muscle.

From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles

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