amputator
(noun) a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb
Source: WordNet® 3.1
amputator (plural amputators)
The person who performs, or thing that causes, an amputation.
Source: Wiktionary
Am"pu*ta"tor, n.
Definition: One who amputates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
