noun
Meaning 1
A person who discriminates, as:
A person who differentiates things or concepts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- keen discriminator
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: differentiator
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
discriminator
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who discriminates, as:
A person who acts unfairly through prejudice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I am not a discriminator
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A test or variable, etc. that serves to distinguish between different things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Colour is not an effective discriminator when it comes to the spiciness of food.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Any of several electronic devices that convert some property of a signal into an amplitude whose value is proportional to the difference between the value of the input signal and that of a standard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A feature of the seller's offering that differs from a competitor's offering and is important to the buyer in question.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, marketing
Examples
- An especially strong warranty can be a discriminator in some marketplaces.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: differentiator
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a person who (or that which) differentiates
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: differentiator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English discriminate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English discriminator From discriminate + -or.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: discriminateur — person who discriminates
- French: discriminatrice — person who discriminates
- Galician: discriminador — person who discriminates
- Galician: discriminadora — person who discriminates
- Italian: discriminatore — person who discriminates
- Italian: discriminatrice — person who discriminates
- Portuguese: discriminador — person who discriminates
- Portuguese: discriminadora — person who discriminates
- Spanish: discriminador — person who discriminates
- Spanish: discriminadora — person who discriminates