[f. ATONE v. + -ER1.] One who atones; a reconciler; an expiator.
1719. D’Urfey, Pills (1872), I. 108. Oh Joy too fierce to be exprest, Thou sweet atoner of Life’s greatest Pain.
1860. Maurice, Lect. Apoc., v. 95. The Lamb that was slain … the perfect Atoner of man with the Father of Light.
1881. W. Nicoll, The Saviour, xxiii. 378. The atoner for souls must be sinless.
