rare–1. [Cf. VENESECT v.] One who practises venesection; a blood-letter.
1849. The Era, 29 Aug., 11/3. On Ronconi, and his impersonation of the Spanish factotum—the tonsor, venesector, intriguer, gossip, and what you will—it it endless to expatiate.
1890. Cosmopolitan, June, 139. Our barber also acts as venesector.
