terminator Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)
    eradicator; exterminator.

WordNet


Ter"mi*na`tor noun
Etymology
L., he who limits or sets bounds.
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, terminates.
  2. (Astron.) The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.

Webster 1913