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† exciˈtator Obs. rare.
[a. L. excitātor, agent-n. f. excitā-re: see excitate and -or. Cf. Fr. excitateur.]
1. One who excites; spec. one whose business it is to rouse others from sleep.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 182/1 The Excitator, who wakeneth the Jesuites in the Morning.
2. (See quot.)
1847Craig, Excitator, an instrument employed to discharge a Leyden jar, or other electrical apparatus, without exposing the operator to the consequences of the shock. 1864in Webster; and in mod. Dicts. |