Dispensers

/dɪˈspɛnsərz/ noun

Definition

Plural of dispenser; machines, containers, or people that distribute or give out things like medicines, soap, or money.

Etymology

From 'dispense' (to distribute) plus '-er' agent suffix plus '-s' plural.

Kelly Says

The humble soap dispenser in a bathroom is called a 'dispenser' because of medieval apothecaries who 'dispensed' medicines carefully measured from bottles—same word, 500 years of semantic drift.

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