Obs. rare. [a. L. formātor, agent-n. f. formāre to form.] A person or thing that forms; a creator, maker.
1656–81. Blount, Glossogr., Formator (Lat.) he that instructeth, maketh or formeth.
1794. Sullivan, View Nat., IV. 246–7. If fire was its spring or formator.
