enlightener
- a word derived from enlighten.
Example Sentences
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It was called Democracy in the Dark, and he was the enlightener.
From Time • Apr. 5, 2013
Born in Topeka, the enlightener was the son of deeply religious parents.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is the Prophet shorn of his more awful splendor; burning with mild equable radiance, as the enlightener of daily life.
From On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas
Prominent in this field, among many others, were Gherard Dou, the painter of the famous picture of the four candles, and Rembrandt, the great wonder-working superhuman enlightener.
From Holland, v. 1 (of 2) by Zimmern, Helen
The burning of Pennsylvania Hall proved a public enlightener.
From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry
