Connector
[kuh-nek-ter] /kəˈnɛk tər/
noun
1.
a person or thing that .
2.
any of various devices for one object to another.
3.
(formerly) a person who couples railroad cars.
n.
1795, “tube for connecting other materials,” agent noun in Latin form from connect and usefully distinct from connecter.
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