Definition of Divider

Di`vid´er
n.1.One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.
2.One who deals out to each his share.
Who made me a judge or a divider over you?
- Luke xii. 14.
3.One who, or that which, causes division.
Hate is of all things the mightiest divider.
- Milton.
Money, the great divider of the world.
- Swift.
4.An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses.
5.a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another).


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