disseminator


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dis·sem·i·nate

 (dĭ-sĕm′ə-nāt′)
v. dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing, dis·sem·i·nates
v.tr.
1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed.
2. To spread abroad; promulgate: disseminate news.
v.intr.
To become diffused; spread.

[Latin dissēmināre, dissēmināt- : dis-, dis- + sēmināre, to sow (from sēmen, sēmin-, seed; see sē- in Indo-European roots).]

dis·sem′i·na′tion n.
dis·sem′i·na′tor n.
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Noun1.disseminator - someone who spreads the news
communicator - a person who communicates with others
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He cast a furtive glance behind him in the hope that the disseminator of expiring roosters had vanished, but the man was still at his elbow.
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The disseminators of this tale are the accusers whom I dread; for their hearers are apt to fancy that such enquirers do not believe in the existence of the gods.
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