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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HEAVY

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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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