vaccinator

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noun

A person or agent that administers vaccines.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounvaccinator (plural vaccinators)

plural vaccinators

  1. A person or agent that administers vaccines.

    In mid-2007, GPEI thought it had made significant headway; a "third party" had brokered an agreement with the Taliban to let polio vaccinators work unimpeded.

    2009 February 6, Leslie Roberts, “POLIO ERADICATION: Looking for a Little Luck”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 702–705
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    In all this part of the Archipelago the Dutch make very praiseworthy efforts to improve the condition of the aborigines by establishing schoolmasters in every village (who are mostly natives of Amboyna or Saparua, who have; been instructed by the resident missionaries), and by employing native vaccinators to prevent the ravages of smallpox.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 80

    Synonyms: vacciner, vaccinist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person or agent that administers vaccines.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases

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Origin

  1. Englishvaccine
  2. Englishvaccinate
  3. Englishvaccinator

From vaccinate + -or.

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Translations

Dutch vaccinateur, vaccinator
  • vaccinateurperson or agent that administers vaccines
  • vaccinatorperson or agent that administers vaccines
  • vaccinatriceperson or agent that administers vaccines
French vaccinateur, vaccinatrice
  • vaccinateurperson or agent that administers vaccines
  • vaccinatriceperson or agent that administers vaccines
German Impfarzt, Impfärztin
  • Impfarztperson or agent that administers vaccines
  • Impfärztinperson or agent that administers vaccines
Irish vacsaíneoir
  • vacsaíneoirperson or agent that administers vaccines
Italian vaccinatore, vaccinatrice
  • vaccinatoreperson or agent that administers vaccines
  • vaccinatriceperson or agent that administers vaccines
Malay juruvaksin
  • juruvaksinperson or agent that administers vaccines
Norwegian Bokmål vaksinatør
  • vaksinatørperson or agent that administers vaccines
Romanian vaccinator
  • vaccinatorperson or agent that administers vaccines
Spanish vacunador, vacunadora
  • vacunadorperson or agent that administers vaccines
  • vacunadoraperson or agent that administers vaccines
Cite this entry
APA

vaccinator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaccinator

MLA

“vaccinator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaccinator. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vaccinator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaccinator.

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