Definition of "inflater"

inflater

noun
plural inflaters
1. Someone who inflates.
2. A pump, canister or other source of pressurised gas used to inflate tires.
3. (economics) A cause of inflation.
  Quotations
  And the effect of such notes, as inflaters of the currency, would be less than the effect of greenbacks.
  1864, The Bankers Magazine, volume 19, page 402