enlightener

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

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noun

One who, or that which, enlightens.

noun

One who, or that which, enlightens.

"The heart entirely engrossed by one, is the last to suspect it can be the object of preference to another. Vanity, the great enlightener on such subjects, is here lost in a more powerful feeling. She never thought of Mr. Spenser in any other character than as a pleasant acquaintance."
"The French enlightener Jean-François Marmontel […]"

From enlighten + -er.

enlighteners (plural)

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