Enlightener
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who, or that which, enlightens.
"The heart entirely engrossed by one, is the last to suspect it can be the object of preference to another. Vanity, the great enlightener on such subjects, is here lost in a more powerful feeling. She never thought of Mr. Spenser in any other character than as a pleasant acquaintance."
- 2 One who, or that which, enlightens.; A thinker of the Age of Enlightenment.
"The French enlightener Jean-François Marmontel […]"
Example
More examples"The heart entirely engrossed by one, is the last to suspect it can be the object of preference to another. Vanity, the great enlightener on such subjects, is here lost in a more powerful feeling. She never thought of Mr. Spenser in any other character than as a pleasant acquaintance."
Etymology
From enlighten + -er.