disseminator

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noun

One who, or that which, disseminates.

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Meanings

noundisseminator (plural disseminators)

plural disseminators

  1. One who, or that which, disseminates.

    It is these people, gentlemen, the disseminators of these rumours, who are my dangerous accusers; because those who hear them suppose that anyone who inquires into such matters must be an atheist.

    1954, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick, “Socrates on Trial: The Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, →OCLC, page 20
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    I think that the New Song movement may hold the key in the cultural merging of many cultures and peoples, for it expands the role of the artists into a disseminator of artistic culture, instead of the self-absorbed, individualistic style that characterizes North American songwriters.

    1984 April 21, Maida Tilchen, “New Song, New Feminism, New Gay Awareness”, in Gay Community News, page 16

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who spreads the news

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Origin

  1. Latindissēminātor
  2. Englishdisseminator

Borrowed from Latin dissēminātor. By surface analysis, disseminate + -or.

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Translations

Czech šiřitel, šiřitelka
  • šiřitelperson who disseminates
  • šiřitelkaperson who disseminates
Finnish levittäjä
  • levittäjäperson who disseminates
French disséminateur, disséminatrice
  • disséminateurperson who disseminates
  • disséminatriceperson who disseminates
German Verbreiter, Verstreuer
  • Verbreiterperson who disseminates
  • Verstreuerperson who disseminates
  • Säerperson who disseminates
Italian disseminatore
  • disseminatoreperson who disseminates
Russian распространи́тель
  • распространи́тель (rasprostranítelʹ)person who disseminates
Spanish diseminador
  • diseminadorperson who disseminates
Cite this entry
APA

disseminator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disseminator

MLA

“disseminator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disseminator. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disseminator,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disseminator.

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