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Webster 1913 Edition


Illuminator

Il-lu′mi-naˊtor

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Noun.
[L., an enlightener, LL. also, an illuminator of books.]
1.
One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See
Illuminate
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Verb.
T.
, 3.
2.
A condenser or reflector of light in optical apparatus; also, an illuminant.

Webster 1828 Edition


Illuminator

ILLU'MINATOR

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Noun.
He or that which illuminates or gives light.
1.
One whose occupation is to decorate manuscripts and books with pictures, portraits and drawings of any kind. This practice began among the Romans, and was continued during the middle ages. The manuscripts containing portraits, pictures and emblematic figures, form a valuable part of the riches preserved in the principal libraries in Europe.
From this word, by contraction, is formed limner.

Definition 2024


illuminator

illuminator

English

Alternative forms

  • illuminatour (obsolete, rare)

Noun

illuminator (plural illuminators)

  1. Agent noun of illuminate; one who illuminates; an explainer.
  2. An artist who adds illustrations and decorations to illuminated manuscriptsW.
    • 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
      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.

Latin

Verb

illūminātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of illūminō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of illūminō

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