disˈplacer
[f. displace + -er1.]
1. One who or that which displaces.
| 1588 J. Udall Demonstr. Discip. (Arb.) 73 If the ministers that bee vsually displaced, be called of God..if it cause the displacers to be esteemed enemies to the Gospell. 1607 Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. ii. v. 10 Establishers of that which is good, and displacers of that which is evill. |
2. Pharm. An apparatus for obtaining an extract by displacement (3 c); a percolator.
| 1883 Syd. Soc. Lex., Displacer, a synonym of Percolator. |