disclosern.
/dᵻˈskləʊzə/, U.S. /dᵻˈskloʊzər/ A person who or thing which discloses something, esp. new or secret information.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > one who or that which discloses or reveals
bewrayerc1440
revelatorc1443
revealer1492
disclosera1513
detector1541
unmasker1605
dark lantern1616
unlocker1619
eye-opener1928
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxi He anon knewe that his Chamberlayne Peter de Broshe was the discloser of all his Counsaylles.
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 138 b In all dishonestie that men shall commytte I will that thou be their judge and discloser.
1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes II. §39 I will not long after..secrets, least I should procure doubt to my selfe, and iealous feare to the discloser.
1658 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 3) iii. xxviii. 151 That occular Philosopher, and singular discloser of truth, Dr. Harvey.
1723 J. Reynolds Inq. State & Œcon. Angelical Worlds xxiii. 86 The divine Majesty is a free, voluntary Discloser of his own Resolves.
1777 T. Anburey Let. 20 Nov. in Trav. Amer. (1789) II. xliv. 30 Time, that great discloser of all secrets, will no doubt reveal this.
1844 W. Maccall Individuality of Individual 5 An earnest discloser of that which had grown to be the light of my pilgrimage.
1894 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 13 Oct. 9/4 The policeman's mace is a veritable mind discloser.
1930 Economist 17 May 1102/1 The Official Secrets Act..lays on the discloser the obligation to give to the police the fullest information as to the source from which the statement was obtained.
2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 24 Aug. xi. 23/3 I'm a pretty private person, just not a big discloser in general.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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