Meanings
nounexterminator (plural exterminators)
plural exterminators
- Someone or something that exterminates.
- Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)
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Origin
- Latinexterminātor
- Englishexterminator
Borrowed from Latin exterminātor. By surface analysis, exterminate + -or.
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Catalan exterminador, exterminador
- exterminadorsomeone or something that exterminates
- exterminadorperson whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building
French exterminateur
- exterminateursomeone or something that exterminates
German Kammerjäger, Kammerjägerin
- Kammerjägerperson whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building
- Kammerjägerinperson whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building
Hebrew מַדְבִּיר
- מַדְבִּירperson whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building
Japanese 駆除業者
- 駆除業者 (kujo gyōsha)person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building
Latin exterminātor, exterminātrīx
- exterminātorsomeone or something that exterminates
- exterminātrīxsomeone or something that exterminates
Spanish exterminador, exterminadora
- exterminadorsomeone or something that exterminates
- exterminadorasomeone or something that exterminates
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exterminator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exterminator
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“exterminator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exterminator. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exterminator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exterminator.
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