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Definition of Manipulator
1. Noun. An agent that operates some apparatus or machine. "The operator of the switchboard"
Generic synonyms: Causal Agency, Causal Agent, Cause
Specialized synonyms: Company Operator, Driver, Elevator Operator, Engine Driver, Engineer, Locomotive Engineer, Railroad Engineer, Hoister, Jockey, Motorman, Radio Operator, Switchman, Telegraph Operator, Telegrapher, Telegraphist, Switchboard Operator, Telephone Operator, Telephonist
Derivative terms: Operate
2. Noun. A person who handles things manually.
Specialized synonyms: Fiddler, Twiddler
Derivative terms: Manipulate
Definition of Manipulator
1. n. One who manipulates.
Definition of Manipulator
1. Noun. Agent noun of manipulate; one who manipulates. ¹
2. Noun. A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something. ¹
3. Noun. A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manipulator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manipulator
Literary usage of Manipulator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Automobile Troubles and how to Remedy Them: A Practical Book for Automobile by Charles P. Root (1909)
"The manipulator consists of a forked lever A (Fig. 5) and two strut pieces, one
shown at B, hinged at C, and with Tig. 5. ..."
2. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"manipulator: All reversing mills are provided with manipulators for turning ...
The manipulator for this mill consists of two parallel sets of five fingers ..."
3. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"manipulator: All reversing mills are provided with manipulators for turning ...
The manipulator for this mill consists of two parallel sets of five fingers ..."
4. The American Cyclopedia of the Automobile: Or, Motor Cars and Motoring Self edited by Thomas Herbert Russell, Charles P. Root (1909)
"A Tire manipulator. shoulders D and E, which bear against the clinch of the rim
and the ... 5 the manipulator has been inserted under the bead of the tire. ..."
5. Wonders of Electricity by Jean Baptiste Alexandre Baille (1872)
"THE manipulator. The manipulator is the machine by which the message is ...
The manipulator used in Morse's system is of extraordinary simplicity. ..."
6. Behind the German Veil: A Record of a Journalistic War Pilgrimage by J. M. de Beaufort (1917)
"... PRESS manipulator AND ADVERTISING EXPERT ENTER Herr Erzberger, Leader of the
Centrum Party in the Reichstag, Chief of the Press Bureau, and late General ..."
7. Behind the German Veil: A Record of a Journalistic War Pilgrimage by J M de Beaufort (1917)
"... ERZBERGER PRESS manipulator AND ADVERTISING EXPERT ENTER Herr Erzberger, Leader
of the Centrum Party in the Reichstag, Chief of the Press Bureau, ..."
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