Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depopulator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-pop-u-la-tor
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who depopulates an area, especially one who forcibly removes people from an estate.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English depopulator, borrowed Latin dēpopulātor. By surface analysis, depopulate + -or.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: depopulator, dēpopulātor

Inflected Forms

depopulators (plural)

Questions

What does depopulator mean?: A person who depopulates an area, especially one who forcibly removes people from an estate.
Where does depopulator come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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