Illuminator
noun ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Agent noun of illuminate:; One who illuminates; an explainer.
- 2 Agent noun of illuminate:; An artist who adds illustrations and decorations to illuminated manuscriptsᵂ.
"The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read."
Example
More examples"The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read."
Etymology
From illuminate + -or.
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