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Entry 5 senses Webster, 1913

Divider

/dĭv-īd'-ẽr/ · Di·vid·er · IPA /dɪˈvaɪdə(ɹ)/
01 n. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.
  2. 2.
    One who deals out to each his share.
    “Who made me a judge or a divider over you?” — Luke xii. 14.
  3. 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. 4.
    An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. See: Compasses
  5. 5.
    a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another).
Syn. partition, room divider.