disturber

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noun

Someone or something that disturbs; a disrupter.

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Meanings

noundisturber (plural disturbers)

plural disturbers

  1. Someone or something that disturbs; a disrupter.

    "Matter!" stormed Mr. Paulden, recklessly flinging open the door fully now to come face to face with his disturbers—"matter letting a flood of light into a darkroom in the middle of a delicate experiment!"

    1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Origin

From disturb + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

redisturb
Cite this entry
APA

disturber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disturber

MLA

“disturber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disturber. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disturber,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disturber.

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