WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cir•cu•la•tor
(sûr′kyə lā′tər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person who moves from place to place.
- a person who circulates money, information, etc.
- a talebearer or scandalmonger.
- Hydraulicsany of various devices for circulating gases or liquids.
- [Obs.]a mountebank.
- Latin circulātor itinerant vendor who gathers a circle of people round himself (see circulate, -tor); later as circulate + -or2
- 1600–10