Home › Words › V › variolatorvariolatorvariolator means one who inoculates with smallpox.EtymologyFrom variolate + -or.nounOne who inoculates with smallpox.e.g.“Observers noted that Chinese variolators in Vietnam exhibited one or two slight variations in their practice, however, one constant factor is that they all introduced inoculum into the nasal passages.” — 2015, C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History, page 82:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).