operator

noun

  1. 1

    a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

  2. 2

    an agent that operates some apparatus or machine

    the operator of the switchboard

  3. 3

    someone who owns or operates a business

    who is the operator of this franchise?

  4. 4

    a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets

  5. 5

    (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation

Synonyms

Also useful for “operator”:Unscrambler