propagator

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noun

A person who disseminates news or rumour

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disseminator
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Meanings

nounpropagator (plural propagators)

plural propagators

  1. A person who disseminates news or rumour
  2. A person who propagates plants
  3. A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
  4. natural sciencesA function that represents the quantum propagation of a subatomic particle

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who spreads the news

Similar
disseminator
Broader
communicator
Also see
disseminator

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From propagate + -or.

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Translations

Bulgarian разпространител
  • разпространител (razprostranitel)person who disseminates news or rumour
Catalan propagador, propagador
  • propagadorperson who disseminates news or rumour
  • propagadorcontainer for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
  • propagadorphysics: function
Dutch kweekbak
  • kweekbakcontainer for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
Finnish propagoija, idätysastia
  • propagoijaperson who disseminates news or rumour
  • idätysastiacontainer for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
  • idättämöcontainer for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
  • propagaattoriphysics: function
French propagateur
  • propagateurperson who disseminates news or rumour
Polish propagator
  • propagatorphysics: function
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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