Also 8 expellor. [f. EXPEL v. + -ER1.]

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  1.  One who, or that which, expels. Const. of.

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1577.  Holinshed, Chron. (1807), I. V. xvii. 585. The expeller of manie tyrants.

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1647.  Fanshawe, trans. Guarini’s Pastor Fido, II. 79, Chorus. Unspotted Faith (Expeller of all vice …).

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1725.  Bradley, Fam. Dict., II. s.v. Wind Cholick, The most effectual expeller of Wind.

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1741.  Warburton, Div. Legat., II. 288. Their mistake was only about the Expellor.

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1794.  T. Taylor, Pausanias’ Descr. Greece, II. 39. Jupiter Apomyius, or the expeller of flies.

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1846.  Ellis, Elgin Marbles, I. 109. The Expeller of the Bacchidæ from Corinth.

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  † 2.  = EXPELLENT B. sb. Obs.

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1683.  Salmon, Doron Med., II. 443. A powerful expeller.

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