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accommodator|əˈkɒmədeɪtə(r)|
[a. L. accommodātor, n. of agent f. accommodāre: see accommodate.]
a. He who, or that which, accommodates (in various senses of the vb.).
c1630W. Robinson in Lett. Sci. Men (1841) I. 11 At the most he is but the accommodator, (an easy trifle,) not the inventor. 1662Fuller Worthies (1840) III. 125 These [Nails] are the accommodators generally to unite solid bodies. 1762Warburton Doct. of Grace II. 331 (T.) Mahomet wanted the refinement of our modern accommodators.
b. A temporary domestic help. U.S.
1948F. P. Keyes Dinner at Antoine's (1949) ii. 32 Tossie was in great demand as an ‘accommodator’ at débutante parties. 1959Encounter Nov. 43/2 In the evenings, the old ‘accommodators’ dart about the city, carrying their black uniforms and white aprons in a paper bag. They..go anywhere to cook and serve dinners. |