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Divider
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (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.