"revelator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: revelators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} revelator (plural revelators)
  1. A person who reveals, especially one who makes a divine revelation. Wikipedia link: Revelator Synonyms (one who reveals): revealer Related terms: reveal, revelate [obsolete], revelation, revelatory, prophet, seer, and revelator (english: ecclesiastical title, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) Coordinate_terms: revelatrix
    Sense id: en-revelator-en-noun-emTKVbCG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

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