trafficator

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trafficator

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From traffic + -ator.

noun trafficators

  1. Nigeria A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which it is about to turn. There were vehicles following me, of course, but was any of them trailing me? […] Without any warning, and without signalling with the trafficator, I took a sudden right turn, hoping to shake off my trailer.

    Similar: blinker, directional, directional signal, direction indicator, indicator, turn indicator, turn signal

  2. historical A semaphore device with a steady light that served the same purpose on early vehicles.

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noun semaphore

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@misc{trafficator_2026,
  title = {trafficator},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trafficator},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}