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EJECTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ejector mean?
• EJECTOR (noun)
The noun EJECTOR has 2 senses:
1. a person who ousts or supplants someone else
2. a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing
Familiarity information: EJECTOR used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who ousts or supplants someone else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ejector; ouster
Hypernyms ("ejector" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cartridge ejector; ejector
Hypernyms ("ejector" is a kind of...):
mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)
Holonyms ("ejector" is a part of...):
gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))
Derivation:
eject (put out or expel from a place)
Context examples
“I thought so,” said he, “the revolver had an ejector, and here is the third cartridge. I really think, Inspector Martin, that our case is almost complete.”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Now, here's a useful tool—.470, telescopic sight, double ejector, point-blank up to three-fifty.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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