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dispenser

[dih-spen-ser] Origin

dis·pens·er

[dih-spen-ser]
noun
1.
a person or thing that dispenses.
2.
a container, package, device, or vending machine for holding and dispensing something in small amounts, as facial tissue, paper cups, or candy.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see dispense, -er1
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dispenser (dɪˈspɛnsə)
 
n
1.  a device, such as a vending machine, that automatically dispenses a single item or a measured quantity
2.  a person or thing that dispenses

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Word Origin & History

dispenser
late 13c., "one who administers" (a household, etc.), from Anglo-Fr. dispensour, O.Fr. despenseor, from L. dispensatorem, agent noun from dispensare (see dispense). Meaning "a container that dispenses in fixed measure" is from 1947.
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