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Webster 1913 Edition


Dispenser

Dis-pens′er

,
Noun.
One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer;
as, a
dispenser
of favors
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dispenser

DISPENSER

,
Noun.
One who dispenses; one who distributes; one who administers; as a dispenser of favors or of the laws.

Definition 2024


dispenser

dispenser

English

Noun

dispenser (plural dispensers)

  1. Something or someone that dispenses things.
    • 2014 October 30, Ben Brantley, “When the head leads the heart: 'The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, opens on Broadway [print version: When the witty head is far ahead of the heart: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor star in revival of 'Real Thing', International New York Times, 4 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times:
      While we know – because the script tells us so – that the people we are watching are in love and in pain and in trouble, they never come across as more than dispensers of sparkling aperçus.
    1. An object used to dispense other items.
      a toilet-paper dispenser
    2. A person who makes up prescriptions, such as an optician or pharmacist.

Translations


French

Etymology

from Latin dispenso

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dispɑ̃se/

Verb

dispenser

  1. (transitive) to excuse, exempt (de from)
  2. (transitive, literary) to dispense, give out, radiate
  3. (transitive) to distribute, dispense
  4. (reflexive) to avoid, refrain (de from)

Conjugation

Related terms


Latin

Verb

dispenser

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dispensō