irrigatorn.
/ˈɪrɪɡeɪtə/ 1. One who or that which irrigates.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun] > worker
waterer1543
water-worker1579
waterman1615
floater1785
irrigator1829
1829 G. Stephens (title) Practical Irrigator and Drainer.
1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 403 All the irrigator can do..is..to admit the water at the time and for the periods which experience points out as the best.
1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxlvii. 8 God makes the..clouds the irrigators of the mountain meadows.
2. Medicine. A contrivance for irrigation (sense 2b).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for applying medicaments > [noun] > other applicators
seton-needle1672
burras-pipe1676
point1799
marsupium1842
wafer-paper1860
insufflator1872
douchebag1883
tampon-screwa1884
irrigator1887
ointment carrier1897
1887 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
1894 Lancet 3 Nov. 1032 Efficient washing out of all the peritoneum..with an aseptic solution by means of an irrigator or similar instrument.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 451 Hypodermic syringe, irrigator..should be at hand.
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