Definition of "abater" in English

noun

1. One who, or that which, abates.

   • 1908, John H. Wallace, Preservation of the Game, Fish and Forests of Alabama, address given before the Alabama Press Association, 23 July, 1908, State Printers and Binders, p. 6, As a fever germ abater in a malarial district, a flock of bull-bats is worth a grove of quinine trees.