The Collaborative International Dictionary
Associator
Associator \As*so"ci*a`tor\, n. An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme.
How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers,
And Carolina's with associators.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
associator
n. 1 A person who associates with something 2 (context mathematics English) A specific form of multilinear map
Wikipedia
Associator
In abstract algebra, the term associator is used in different ways as a measure of the nonassociativity of an algebraic structure.
Usage examples of "associator".
They were fine cannon, eighteen-pounders, with their carriages, which we soon transported and mounted on our battery, where the associators kept a nightly guard while the war lasted, and among the rest I regularly took my turn of duty there as a common soldier.