-ˌlād.ə(r), -ātə- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin, peddler, mountebank, from circulatus (past participle of circulari to go around) + -or — more at circulate
: one that circulates:
a. obsolete : mountebank , quack
b. : gossip , scandalmonger
c. : a machine for circulating fluids or heating by convection
d. : a worker in a copper refinery who maintains circulation in electrolysis tanks and removes copper incrustations