Advertisement
dispenser (n.)
c. 1400, dispensour (mid-12c. as a surname), "one who administers" (a household, etc.), "one in charge of the distribution of goods and services," from Anglo-French dispensour, Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator, agent noun from dispensare "disburse, administer, distribute (by weight);" see dispense. Meaning "a container that dispenses in fixed measure" is from 1918.
updated on August 31, 2018
Advertisement
Advertisement
Dictionary entries near dispenser
dispel
dispensable
dispensary
dispensation
dispense
dispenser
dispersal
disperse
dispersion
dispirit
displace