EJECTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ejector mean? 

• EJECTOR (noun)
  The noun EJECTOR has 2 senses:

1. a person who ousts or supplants someone else

2. a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing

  Familiarity information: EJECTOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EJECTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who ousts or supplants someone else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ejector; ouster

Hypernyms ("ejector" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cartridge ejector; ejector

Hypernyms ("ejector" is a kind of...):

mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)

Holonyms ("ejector" is a part of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

Derivation:

eject (put out or expel from a place)

 Context examples 

“I thought so,” said he, “the revolver had an ejector, and here is the third cartridge. I really think, Inspector Martin, that our case is almost complete.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now, here's a useful tool—.470, telescopic sight, double ejector, point-blank up to three-fifty.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)