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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Literator \Lit"er*a`tor\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*[=a]`t[~e]r), n. [L.
litterator, literator. See {Letter}.]
1. One who teaches the letters or elements of knowledge; a
petty schoolmaster. --Burke.
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2. A person devoted to the study of literary trifles, esp.
trifles belonging to the literature of a former age.
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That class of subjects which are interesting to the
regular literator or black-letter " bibliomane,"
simply because they have once been interesting. --De
Quincey.
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3. A learned person; a literatus. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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