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Antonyms for dispenser

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-spen-ser
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspɛn sər

Definition of dispenser

Origin :
  • c.1400, "one who administers" (a household, etc.), c.1200 in surnames, from Anglo-French dispensour, Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensatorem, agent noun from dispensare (see dispense). Meaning "a container that dispenses in fixed measure" is from 1918.
  • As in apothecary : noun pharmacist
  • As in merchandiser : noun dealer
  • As in tradesman : noun dealer
  • As in trafficker : noun dealer
  • As in dealer : noun business owner
Example sentences :
  • Such a contingency as this had never been foreseen by that dispenser of proverbs.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • You are the dispenser of the King's high justice in this province.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I called to the Bengali dispenser, and hastened away from the room.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • He seems to have been not only the dispenser of the money, but the captain of the men.
  • Extract from : « Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 » by J. Endell Tyler
  • “Apply to the dispenser of the hospital,” continued his wife.
  • Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat
  • In short, he acted as an alarmist, not as a dispenser of justice.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • The individualization is due to the recipient and not to the dispenser.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • The variety of these drinks is limited only by the ingenuity of the dispenser.
  • Extract from : « American Cookery » by Various
  • She is preacher, prophet, and dispenser of amiability, all in one.
  • Extract from : « Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume II (of 2) » by Harriet Martineau
  • The dispenser had not dared to say what he had done, lest I should be angry.
  • Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray

Synonyms for dispenser

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