Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which cleanses, clarifies, or purifies; specifically, in sugar manufacturing, an apparatus for purifying the raw syrup.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
defecates . - noun obsolete That which
cleanses or purifies; especially, anapparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and syrups.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who defecates
Etymologies
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Examples
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A Caganer is, well, a crapper; a defecator; a small, squatting statue with its pants pulled down, and its naked buttocks—and stool—exposed.
Christmas, and Caganers, in Catalonia J. S. Marcus 2011
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The detective constable pursuing a serial defecator who has caused £60,000 worth of damage to trains over the past year by smearing excrement inside carriages on approximately different 30 occasions has described the culprit as "being exceptionally anti-social".
Archive 2006-10-22 Newmania 2006
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The site says that is is for "the discerning, on-the-go defecator who is brave enough to use a public bathroom, but still demands a hygienic and private bathroom experience."
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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The site says that is is for "the discerning, on-the-go defecator who is brave enough to use a public bathroom, but still demands a hygienic and private bathroom experience."
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The detective constable pursuing a serial defecator who has caused £60,000 worth of damage to trains over the past year by smearing excrement inside carriages on approximately different 30 occasions has described the culprit as "being exceptionally anti-social".
A Picture of Mel (plus bits) Newmania 2006
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There were some real ongoing issues about our natural and economic environment that transcended the story of one mean-spirited airwave-defecator.
View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2005
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There were some real ongoing issues about our natural and economic environment that transcended the story of one mean-spirited airwave-defecator.
Archive 2005-05-08 Michael Evans 2005
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Decider: A word confused by George Walker Bush with defecator.
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Yet statuettes of "El Caganer," or the great defecator in the Catalan language, can be found in nativity scenes, and increasingly on the mantelpieces of collectors, throughout Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, where for centuries symbols of defecation have played an important role in Christmas festivities.
Archive 2006-12-17 Bill Crider 2006
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Yet statuettes of "El Caganer," or the great defecator in the Catalan language, can be found in nativity scenes, and increasingly on the mantelpieces of collectors, throughout Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, where for centuries symbols of defecation have played an important role in Christmas festivities.
I Love the Old Holiday Traditions Bill Crider 2006
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