divider

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics
noun a person who separates something into parts or groups
noun a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

PIE word *dwóh₁ From divide + -er.

Dividers, 45, 52, 62, 63. — Practical Mechanics for Boys, James Slough Zerbe
"Who made mee a Judge, or Divider over you?" — Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes
Then, taking my dividers, he measured his latitude and longitude and placed a pencil dot at a point on the clean chart. — Twenty-Five Ghost Stories, Unknown

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