[a. L. ēducātor, agent-noun f. ēducāre; see EDUCATE v.]

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  † 1.  He who or that which nourishes or rears physically. Obs.

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1566.  Painter, Pal. Pleas., I. 43. [The female breast] that most sacred fountaine of the body, the educatour of mankinde.

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  2.  One who or that which educates, trains or instructs.

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1673.  [see EDUCATED B].

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1735.  Berkeley, Querist, § 203, Wks. 1871, III. 372. Modern educators of youth.

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1859.  C. Barker, Assoc. Princ. Mid. Ages, i. 9. They were … educators of the poor in their schools.

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1875.  Jowett, Plato (ed. 2), IV. 276. Language … is the greatest educator of mankind.

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1885.  Manch. Exam., 10 Sept., 5/4. Lord Randolph Churchill, who is the guide and educator of his party.

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