Synonyms for relator


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-ley-ter
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈleɪ tər


Définition of relator

Origin :
  • "informer," c.1600, from Latin relator, agent noun; see relate.
  • As in storyteller : noun author
Example sentences :
  • I know but few less credulous than the relator, but he is no Sadducee.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen
  • "The policeman was a kind-hearted, sensible fellow," said the relator of the incident.
  • Extract from : « Robin » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • And, in fact, the record in so many words so stated, and the statement was uncontroverted by the relator.
  • Extract from : « The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt » by David Miller DeWitt
  • Abraham Crist appeared for the relator, and John Greenwood for the defendant.
  • Extract from : « A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County Volume II » by Stephen M. Ostrander
  • I will introduce him as the relator of his own story, taking some liberty, however, with the phraseology.
  • Extract from : « Ten Years Among the Mail Bags » by James Holbrook
  • The story of his adventures would not make a poem like the Odyssey, it is true; but the relator had the true genius of a poet.
  • Extract from : « Hazlitt on English Literature » by Jacob Zeitlin
  • The credit acquired by such relations seldom pays the relator for the hazard run by the communication.
  • Extract from : « Coelebs In Search of a Wife » by Hannah More
  • The case belonged to the equity jurisdiction, and the relator soon filed his bill.
  • Extract from : « Confession » by W. Gilmore Simms
  • He was one day told a story with which the relator was he the highest degree delighted.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions » by Charles Mackay
  • However some may have miscarried by imprudence, or others by ill fortune, he is only the relator, not the author of them.
  • Extract from : « Trips to the Moon » by Lucian

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