n. One who alliterates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. litterator, literator. See Letter. ] 1. One who teaches the letters or elements of knowledge; a petty schoolmaster. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person devoted to the study of literary trifles, esp. trifles belonging to the literature of a former age. [ 1913 Webster ]

That class of subjects which are interesting to the regular literator or black-letter “ bibliomane, ” simply because they have once been interesting. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A learned person; a literatus. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]