Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

menstruator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: men-stru-a-tor
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who menstruates.

Example Sentences

"Today she would probably be diagnosed with menorrhagia or Von Willbrand disease, a rare blood-clotting disorder, but then, she would have been viewed as a perpetual menstruator, eternally unclean, contaminating, and forbidden to have contact with any man."
"The most obvious population of menstruators affected by period poverty is homeless women, who struggle to afford any basic necessity, including shelter. And as we just discussed, period poverty for homeless women can be dangerous and detrimental to their health."

Etymology

From menstruate + -or.

Inflected Forms

menstruators (plural) menstruater (alternative)

Questions

What does menstruator mean?: A person who menstruates.
Where does menstruator come from?: From menstruate + -or.

How to pronounce menstruator

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