illuminator
Americannoun
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a person or thing that illuminates.
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a device for illuminating, as a light source with a lens or mirror for concentrating light.
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a person who paints manuscripts, books, etc., with designs in color, gold, or the like.
Etymology
Origin of illuminator
1475–85; < Late Latin illūminātor, equivalent to illūminā ( re ) ( see illumine) + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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There the show continues with a series of additional paintings and altarpieces, as well as his work as a manuscript illuminator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
His coronation invite was designed by Andrew Jamieson, a heraldic artist and manuscript illuminator whose work is inspired by the chivalric themes of Arthurian legend.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2023
The design, created by heraldic artist and manuscript illuminator Andrew Jamieson, will be printed on a recycled card with gold foil detailing.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
Five years ago there was no way to shrink the camera array, which included a camera, dot projector, microphone, speaker, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, flood illuminator, and infrared camera.
From The Verge ● Sep. 8, 2022
It had its own light source, a substage illuminator, and even an "atomic energy" stage, which was actually a device for viewing the scintillations caused when radioactivity hit a sulfide screen.
From The Blue Ghost Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
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