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literator
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literator, n. [L. litterator, literator. See Letter.].
- One who teaches the letters or elements of knowledge; a petty schoolmaster. Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 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." [1913 Webster]
- A learned person; a literatus. Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
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