'Literator' definitions:

Definition of 'Literator'

From: GCIDE
  • Literator \Lit"er*a`tor\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*[=a]`t[~e]r), n. [L. litterator, literator. See Letter.]
  • 1. One who teaches the letters or elements of knowledge; a petty schoolmaster. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A person devoted to the study of literary trifles, esp. trifles belonging to the literature of a former age. [1913 Webster]
  • That class of subjects which are interesting to the regular literator or black-letter " bibliomane," simply because they have once been interesting. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A learned person; a literatus. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]

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