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Literator

Literator \Lit"er*a`tor\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*[=a]`t[~e]r), n. [L. litterator, literator. See Letter.]

  1. One who teaches the letters or elements of knowledge; a petty schoolmaster.
    --Burke.

  2. A person devoted to the study of literary trifles, esp. trifles belonging to the literature of a former age.

    That class of subjects which are interesting to the regular literator or black-letter `` bibliomane,'' simply because they have once been interesting.
    --De Quincey.

  3. A learned person; a literatus.
    --Sir W. Hamilton.

Wiktionary
literator

n. 1 A literary person, a man of letters. 2 One who writes professionally. 3 A learned person.

Wikipedia
Literator

Literator may refer to several things:

  • A literary person, a Man of Letters
  • A writer, one who writes professionally, sometimes the original French term litterateur is used
  • Literator (company), a formative assessment tool for teachers to track their students' reading performance through conferring
Literator (company)

Literator is a formative assessment mobile tool that helps teachers to collect data on students' reading performance while providing analysis and guidance. Teachers engage with students one-on-one to assess their performance within their reading level.