Definitions for relator

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relator re·la·tor

Spelling: [ri-ley-ter]

IPA: /rɪˈleɪ tər/

Relator is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in relator (aelorrt).

Definitions for relator

noun

1. a person who relates or tells; narrator.
2. Law. a private person on whose suggestion or complaint certain writs, as a quo warranto, are issued and whose position is analogous to that of a plaintiff. a party in interest who is allowed to institute a proceeding in the name of a public official when the right to sue rests exclusively in that official.

Origin of relator

First recorded in 1585-95, relator is from the Latin word relātor a proposer, mover. See relate, -tor

Examples for relator

He was one day told a story with which the relator was he the highest degree delighted.

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.

Abraham Crist appeared for the relator, and John Greenwood for the defendant.

I will introduce him as the relator of his own story, taking some liberty, however, with the phraseology.

The credit acquired by such relations seldom pays the relator for the hazard run by the communication.

And, in fact, the record in so many words so stated, and the statement was uncontroverted by the relator.

"The policeman was a kind-hearted, sensible fellow," said the relator of the incident.

I know but few less credulous than the relator, but he is no Sadducee.

The case belonged to the equity jurisdiction, and the relator soon filed his bill.

However some may have miscarried by imprudence, or others by ill fortune, he is only the relator, not the author of them.