Definition of Segregator

1. Noun. Someone who believes the races should be kept apart.

Exact synonyms: Segregationist
Generic synonyms: Bigot
Derivative terms: Segregation, Segregation, Segregationism, Segregate

Medical Definition of Segregator

1. One who, or that which, separates. Specifically: A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it. An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Segregator

segregants
segregate
segregated
segregates
segregating
segregation analysis
segregation of chromosomes
segregation ratio
segregational
segregationism
segregationist
segregationists
segregations
segregative
segregator (current term)
segrosome
segrosomes
segs
segue
segued
segueing
segues
seguestration
seguidilla
seguidillas
seguing
sei
sei whale
sei whales

Literary usage of Segregator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Prevention of Dental Caries and Oral Sepsis by Henry Percy Pickerill (1919)
"A, UPPER SURFACE OF segregator; B, UNDER SURFACE— DIAGRAMMATIC; C, DIAGRAMMATIC SECTION OF segregator IN POSITION. according to the particular constituent ..."

2. A Textbook of Gynecology by Charles Alfred Lee Reed (1901)
"The Harris Urine segregator (Fig. 304).— By this instrument the urines are collected separately from each kidney without the ureters being entered (Fig. ..."

3. A Text-book on the Practice of Gynecology: For Practitioners and Students by William Easterly Ashton (1907)
"The only instrument required is Harris's urine segregator, which forms a watershed by raising the base of the bladder between the orifices of the ureters. ..."

4. Transactions by Australasian Medical Congress (1907)
"If the urine is not clear the segregator, unassisted, gives no definite ... Suppose the segregator acts so as to completely shut off one side of the bladder ..."

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