revelator

[ rev-uh-ley-ter ]

noun

1. a person who makes a revelation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of revelator¹

1795–1805; < Late Latin revēlātor, equivalent to Latin revēlā ( re ) ( reveal ) + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

Ishana is 24, and “The Watchers” shows that she truly is Jung at heart: At times the movie feels as if an eager undergraduate patched it together from the greatest hits of the Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung, most notably the forest as both physical and psychological place, the mirror as revelator and the presence of the double.

From New York Times

Ishana is 24, and “The Watchers” shows that she truly is Jung at heart: At times the movie feels as if an eager undergraduate patched it together from the greatest hits of the Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung, most notably the forest as both physical and psychological place, the mirror as revelator and the presence of the double.

From New York Times

His return, the title song of a coming album called “Revelator,” stays true to form: leisurely, layered, desolate but resigned.

From New York Times

“I Feel You” was grinding and lascivious, “John the Revelator” funky and clanging; “A Pain That I’m Used To” rode a morbid disco groove that wouldn’t quit.

From Los Angeles Times

That may be in part because calculating reservoir emissions isn't a simple task, as The Revelator reported last year:

From Salon