divider

What it means

1. One who or that which divides or separates.

   I was greatly his inferior, but love is a quick divider of shares: he that gathers much has nothing over, and he that gathers little has no lack.

   1891, George MacDonald, A Rough Shaking, page 33

   1. A physical object for dividing up a space.

      It is perfectly possible to separate one area of a room from another, or even to create an entirely new room, with a lightweight room divider that assembles with a minimum of fuss.

      1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 58

   2. A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.

In a sentence

I was greatly his inferior, but love is a quick divider of shares: he that gathers much has nothing over, and he that gathers little has no lack.

1891, George MacDonald, A Rough Shaking, page 33

Where it comes from

PIE word *dwóh₁ From divide + -er.