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vaccinator

American  
[vak-suh-nay-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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Prof Van-Tam, who previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry and for the UK Health Protection Agency, also volunteered as a vaccinator to help distribute Covid-19 jabs.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2022

A list of the walk-in clinics, run by health trust vaccinator teams, is available online.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2021

Then came a fist bump from the Fire Department vaccinator.

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2021

Anna Porizkova, a retired midwife in New York who has been volunteering as a Covid vaccinator, said she and her daughter are now closer.

From New York Times ● May 15, 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 Henry Charles Mahoney

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