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concoctor|kənˈkɒktə(r)|
[agent-n. (on Latin analogies) f. concoct v. Cf. F. concocteur and concocter.]
One who, or that which, concocts.
†1. A digester; a promoter of digestion. Obs.
1764Charac. in Ann. Reg. 68/2 Taking care to add a good deal of pepper and spices by way of concoctors.
2. One who compounds, or prepares from various ingredients.
a1845Hood To Dr. Hahnemann i, Well, Doctor, Great concoctor Of medicines to help in man's distress.
3. One who devises, or makes up (a scheme, etc.).
1843P. Parley's Ann. IV. 361 The three concoctors sat down to arrange the order of the proceedings. 1872Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. lxiv. 6 Inventors and concoctors of evil. |