illuminator noun. [ɪ'lu:mɪneɪtǝ, ɪ'lju:-] L15.
[ecclesiastical Latin, from Latin illuminat-: see ILLUMINATE verb, -OR.]
1. A shedder of spiritual light, a spiritual enlightener. Now only as fig. use of sense 2 below. L15.

2. A person who or thing which lights up something; an illuminating agent. L16.

3. A person who illuminates manuscripts. L17.
■ J. Backhouse The great nunneries must have supported their own scribes and illuminators.

4. An intellectual enlightener; a giver of knowledge or understanding. L18.
■ J. Wain The greatness of Coghill as an illuminator of Shakespeare.

■ illuminatory adjective (rare) illuminative, explanatory M18.

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