Meaning

2 senses

  1. Someone or something that exterminates.

  2. Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.

    Kammerjäger, Kammerjägerin

More definitions
  • someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)

Examples

8 sentences

  1. I'll call an exterminator tomorrow morning.

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  2. Are you an exterminator?

    deSind Sie Kammerjäger? — Waldelfe

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  3. Did you call the exterminator?

    deHast du den Kammerjäger gerufen? — Waldelfe

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  4. Did you call an exterminator?

    deHaben Sie einen Kammerjäger gerufen? — Waldelfe

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  5. Call an exterminator.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin exterminātor. By surface analysis, exterminate + -or.

Borrowed from Latin exterminātor. By surface analysis, exterminate + -or.

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Forms

plural: exterminators
Singularexterminator
Pluralexterminators

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects):terminatoreradicator

Word family

2 related words
Relatedexterminate
Derivedexterminatress

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
exteriorC1exterminateexterminationexternalB2externallyextinctB1
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