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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROTA'TOR, n. [L.] That which gives a circular or rolling motion; a muscle producing a rolling motion.

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1676 one that rotates or causes rotation; especially plural -tors or rotatores a muscle that partially rotates a part on its axis

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a machine or device for causing something to rotate. 2 Anat. a muscle that rotates a limb etc. 3 a revolving apparatus or part. Etymology: L (as ROTATE(1))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rotator Ro*ta"tor, n. [L.] 1. (Anat.) that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis. 2. (Metal.) A revolving reverberatory furnace.

Moby Thesaurus

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