irrigator
(ˈɪrɪgeɪtə(r))
[a. late L. irrigātor (Augustine), agent-n. from irrigāre to irrigate.]
1. One who or that which irrigates.
| 1829 G. Stephens (title) Practical Irrigator and Drainer. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 13 The irrigator should admit the water at the time and for the periods which experience points out as the best. 1885–6 Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cxlvii. 8 God makes the..clouds the irrigators of the mountain meadows. |
2. Med. A contrivance for irrigation (sense 2 b).
| 1887 in Syd. Soc. Lex. 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 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 451 Hypodermic syringe, irrigator..should be at hand. |