educator
(ˈɛdjʊkeɪtə(r))
[a. L. ēducātor, agent-noun f. ēducāre; see educate v.]
† 1. He who or that which nourishes or rears physically. Obs.
| 1566 Painter Pal. Pleas. I. 43 [The female breast] that most sacred fountaine of the body, the educatour of mankinde. |
2. One who or that which educates, trains, or instructs.
| 1673 [see educated B]. 1735 Berkeley Querist §203 Wks. 1871 III. 372 Modern educators of youth. 1859 C. Barker Assoc. Princ. Mid. Ages i. 9 They were..educators of the poor in their schools. 1875 Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 276 Language..is the greatest educator of mankind. 1885 Manch. Exam. 10 Sept. 5/4 Lord Randolph Churchill, who is the guide and educator of his party. |