1. a person who treats people unfairly based on race, gender, age, or other characteristics
2. a device or circuit that distinguishes between different signals or inputs
Usage: electronics; technical
3. something that serves to distinguish or differentiate between things

Examples

• The company fired the manager who was identified as a discriminator against older employees.
• Civil rights laws protect workers from discriminators in the workplace.
• The radio’s frequency discriminator helps separate different broadcast signals.
• Engineers installed a voltage discriminator to filter out unwanted electrical noise.
• Education level can be a discriminator between job candidates.
• Price often serves as the main discriminator when consumers choose between similar products.