[a. L. *amputātor, n. of agent f. amputā-re: see AMPUTATE and -OR.] One who amputates. lit. and fig.
1810. Coleridge, Friend, I. vi. (1866), 26. I might … have referred our hurrying enlighteners and revolutionary amputators to the gentleness of nature.
1882. Pall Mall G., 4 July, 2/2. He [the younger Dumas] is not satisfied with being a coiner of mots and a successful amputator of dogs’ tails.
