PROPAGATOR

propagator, disseminator

(noun) someone who spreads the news

propagator

(noun) someone who propagates plants (as under glass)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

propagator (plural propagators)

A person who disseminates news or rumour

A person who propagates plants

A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings

(physics) A function that represents the quantum propagation of a subatomic particle

Source: Wiktionary


Prop"a*ga`tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. propagateur.]

Definition: One who propagates; one who continues or multiplies.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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