evocator

[ ev-uh-key-ter, ee-voh- ]

noun

1. a person who evokes, especially one who calls up spirits.

evocator

/ ˈɛvəˌkeɪtə /

noun

1. a person or thing that evokes
2. embryol a substance or tissue that induces morphogenesis

Word History and Origins

Origin of evocator¹

1785–95; < Latin ēvocātor one who calls to arms, equivalent to ēvocā ( re ) to evoke + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

The evocator, furious, throws him out of the circle.

From Project Gutenberg

In a low voice he recounts how the Devil has risen in the form of a leopard and rushed past without looking at the evocator, without saying a word.

From Project Gutenberg

An evocator whose name has been lost held a séance with Gilles and de Sillé in a chamber at Tiffauges.

From Project Gutenberg

Malignant witches with shriveled skins, horrid eyes and distorted forms, crawled and crouched over the earth; whilst spectres and goblins now stood motionless, and tall as lofty palm trees; then, as if in fits, leaped, danced, and tumbled before their evocator.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• prognosticator
• seer
• witch