enlightener

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: en=light=en=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

enlightener, n. 

 One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

enlightener

adviser, announcer, annunciator, authority, channel, communicant, communicator, expert witness, gossipmonger, grapevine, informant, information center, information medium, informer, interviewee, monitor, mouthpiece, newsmonger, notifier, press, public relations officer, publisher, radio, reporter, source, spokesman, television, teller, tipster, tout, witness