Obs. rare. [f. EXPERIMENTATE v. + -OR.] a. An experimenter. b. One who relies on experiment; an empiric.
a. 1651. Biggs, New Disp., ¶ 72. As that mechanick experimentator hath it in his Sylva Sylvarum.
a. 1691. Boyle, Contn. New Exp., Wks. 1772, IV. 507. The experiments themselves, and also the design of the experimentators requiring [etc.].
1748. Lond. Mag., 209. The Lead … would depart in a rectilinear Direction from the Hands of the Experimentator.
b. 1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., Pref. a 2 b. He … may be called … an Experimentator, if he practise Physick upon Experiments, not true Experience.
