dispenser (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[dispenser 词源字典]
c. 1400, "one who administers" (a household, etc.), c. 1200 in surnames, from Anglo-French dispensour, Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensatorem, agent noun from dispensare (see dispense). Meaning "a container that dispenses in fixed measure" is from 1918.[dispenser etymology, dispenser origin, 英语词源]