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Definition of Disentangler
1. Noun. A person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Unravel, Unravel, Unravel, Unravel
Definition of Disentangler
1. Noun. (rare) A person who disentangles ¹
2. Noun. (physics) Any device or system that removes entanglement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disentangler
Literary usage of Disentangler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"As the agent of outraged society he appealed to the moralist; as the disentangler
of practical problems of human deed and motive he appealed to the analyst; ..."
2. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1892)
"... with a dozen episodes — most of them unfamiliar to us — in the career of this
acute tracer of criminals and disentangler of intricate complications. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... to be an interesting delineator of the more stirring periods of church history,
and a skilful disentangler of the knotty points in theological polemics. ..."
4. Gabriele Rossetti: A Versified Autobiography by Gabriele Rossetti (1901)
"... a disentangler — and I will say that, notwithstanding the dry task of unpicking
knots, tight- drawn on purpose to resist skill and force, ..."
5. Memoirs and Letters of Cardinal de Bernis by François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1901)
"... will be given to our credit by the event we fear. A victory would redeem alL
Without it, I see nought but confusion. We must have a disentangler-general ..."
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