[f. AWAKEN + -ER1.] He who or that which awakens.
1598. Florio, Risuegliatore, an awakener, a larum in a clocke.
1797. Godwin, Enquirer, I. vii. 58. Society is the true awakener of man.
1858. Stanley, Arnold, I. vi. 246. Merely as awakeners and reminders to myself.
1860. S. Wilberforce, Addr. Cand. Ordin., 112. An awakener of dull … conscience.
