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单词 illuminator
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illuminatorn.

/ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtə/
Etymology: < Latin illūminātor, agent-noun < illūmināre to illuminate v. Compare French illuminateur (17th cent.).
1.
a. He who or that which illuminates or gives light; an illuminating agent.
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the world > matter > light > illumination > [noun] > one who or that which illuminates
lightc1325
alumerea1350
lanternc1374
lightenera1382
light-givera1382
light-makera1425
illuminera1500
illuminator1598
illuminant1644
emblazer1776
luminant18..
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Illuminatore, an illuminator or light-giuer.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Illuminator, one who gives light.
1834 New Monthly Mag. 42 260 Steam and gas..are the grand facilitators and illuminators of the intercourse of the most distant provinces.
1883 Cent. Mag. 26 339 To produce a cheap illuminator from water.
b. technical. Applied to various instruments or devices. (a) In a microscope or other optical instrument: A lens or mirror for concentrating the light. (b) In Surgery: An instrument for directing a strong light into any cavity of the body, or for illuminating an internal part. (c) A glazed opening in a floor, the deck of a ship, etc., to admit light to the part beneath.
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1837 C. R. Goring & A. Pritchard Micrographia 9 Fig. 4 is an illuminator for opaque objects.
2. One who illuminates or enlightens spiritually.The earliest sense in English.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes
horn of salvation (health)c825
fatherOE
Our FatherOE
leecha1200
searcher of (men's) heartsa1382
untempter1382
headstone of the cornerc1400
Valentinec1450
illuminator1485
sun?1521
righteous maker1535
shepherd1535
verity1535
strengthener1567
gracer1592
heart-searcher1618
heartbreaker1642
sustainera1680
philanthropist1730
the invisible1781
praise1782
All-Father1814
wisdom1855
omniscient1856
engracer1866
inbreather1873
God of the gaps1933
the great —— in the sky1968
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. avij/1 The holy ghoost confirmatour and Illumynatour of al good werkes.
a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 180 For heav'nly Truth dispos'd, Then their Illuminatour they adore.
1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xxviii. 30 The Lord above is the great Illuminator of the darkened soul.
3. One who enlightens intellectually, who imparts instruction or knowledge; applied contemptuously to the 18th century Illuminati.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > enlightener
illuminerc1450
enlightener1582
illuminator1777
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > rationalism > [noun] > philosophy of the Enlightenment > adherent of
illuminator1777
Illuminé1794
Aufklärer1801
illuminist1840
illuminatist1851
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > rationalism > [noun] > philosophy of the Enlightenment > system of the French encyclopedists > adherent of
philosophister1704
illuminator1777
philosophe1779
philosophist1798
1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. Advt. sig. a2v That wonderful man, (after Ray) the greatest illuminator of the study of Nature.
1790 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 11/1 The new illuminators, who despised all experience, and disdained all wisdom but their own.
1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 214 The light of philosophy, when it is confined to a small minority, points out the possessors as the victims, rather than the illuminators, of the multitude.
1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 215 (note) It is one's self that apprehends, and..the illuminator desiderated by the Vedántins is superfluous.
4. One who makes resplendent or illustrious.
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1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence vii. 203 The poet Geffrey Chaucer, who..is of some called the first illuminator of the English toung.
5. One who embellishes letters with gold and colours, or manuscripts with ornamental writing so embellished: see illuminate v. 8.
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society > communication > writing > writer > manuscript illuminator > [noun]
luminer1330
limner1389
vermilion-writerc1470
alluminor?1533
illuminera1661
illuminator1699
illuminist1816
illuminatist1845
miniaturist1851
miniator1865
1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. ii. 24 in Church-hist. Brit. Illuminatores, such as gave light and lustre to Manuscripts.]
1699 H. Wanley in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 286 It seems to me to have been the name..of the Illuminator.
1708 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 8 Oct. (O.H.S.) II. 138 They are..of a..large size for ye use of ye Illuminators.
1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. ii. 40 The most valuable artists of that age were the illuminators of manuscripts.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 244 Fra Angelico, educated as an illuminator of manuscripts.
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