a person who relates a story; narrator a person who gives information upon which the attorney general brings an action
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re•la•tor
(ri lā′tər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person who relates or tells;
narrator. - Lawmaking
- 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.
- Latin relātor a proposer, mover. See relate, -tor
- 1585–95
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