spreader

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a hand tool for spreading something
noun a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions

From spread + -er.

He noted that the blue flag was flying at the main starboard spreader, announcing the absence of the owner, and he understood that he could call for the skipper without embarrassing that gentleman. — Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast, Holman Day
They were going from end to end of the country in all manner of useful missionary capacities; their penchant for wandering, and their experience in it, made them altogether the most effective spreaders of civilization we had. — A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain

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