See Also: wrecker(1)(dictionary)
wrecker(2)(dictionary)
wrecker(dictionary)

marginalize (iou) and wrecker(2) (iou)


marginalize (iou)



marginalize verb. Also marginalise. M19.
[from MARGINAL + -IZE.]
verb trans. & intrans. Make marginal notes (on). rare. M19.
verb trans. Make marginal; remove from the centre; esp. move to the margin of a sphere of activity, make economically marginal, impoverish. L20.
b. Treat as marginal; depreciate, undervalue. L20.
marginali'zation noun L20.

wrecker(2) (iou)



wrecker noun2. E19.
[from WRECK verb1 + -ER1.]
A person who causes shipwreck; esp. (Hist.) a person who lured vessels ashore by false signals in order to plunder them. Also, a person who unlawfully appropriates wreck washed ashore. E19.
a. A person who wrecks or ruins a structure, institution, etc. L19.
b. fig. A person who successfully obstructs the passing of a measure etc. L19.
A demolition worker. Chiefly N. Amer. M20.