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DEBASER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does debaser mean?
• DEBASER (noun)
The noun DEBASER has 1 sense:
1. a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)
Familiarity information: DEBASER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
debaser; degrader
Hypernyms ("debaser" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "debaser"):
vulgariser; vulgarizer (someone who makes something vulgar)
Derivation:
debase (lower in value by increasing the base-metal content)
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