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literator

[ lit-uh-rey-ter ]
/ ˈlɪt əˌreɪ tər /

noun

littérateur.

Words nearby literator

literary executor, literate, literati, literatim, literation, literator, literature, literatus, lith, lith-, lith.

Origin of literator

1625–35; < Latin litterātor an (inferior) grammarian, orig., one who teaches elementary grammar, equivalent to litter(a) letter1 + -ātor -ator; see literate
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Examples from the Web for literator

  • The school of the literatus was much better than that of the literator, but it reached only a limited number of the Roman youth.

    History of Education|Levi Seeley

British Dictionary definitions for literator

literator
/ (ˈlɪtəˌreɪtə) /

noun

another word for littérateur

Word Origin for literator

C18: from Latin, from littera letter
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