"relator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: relators [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: From Latin relator. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|relator}} Latin relator Head templates: {{en-noun}} relator (plural relators)
  1. One who relates, or tells; a relater or narrator.
    Sense id: en-relator-en-noun-FEL6BNQD Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 50 50 0 0
  2. One who relates, associates, or links things together.
    Sense id: en-relator-en-noun-8tT9vDYr Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 50 50 0 0
  3. (law) A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed.
    Sense id: en-relator-en-noun-Rjb1izoX Categories (other): Law Topics: law
  4. (group theory) An expression of the identity element of a group as a product of generators, used in a presentation (type of specification) of the group.
    Sense id: en-relator-en-noun-cqtNKqRy Categories (other): Group theory, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 24 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 32 7 7 9 12 29 0 0 Topics: group-theory, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: relate, relation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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