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noun

a person who relates or tells; narrator.

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:
1585–95; < Latin relātor a proposer, mover. See relate, -tor

Can be confused: relator, Realtor.

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relator (rɪˈleɪtə)

—n
1.	a person who relates a story; narrator
2.	English law a person who gives information upon which the attorney general brings an action
3.	(US) law a person who institutes proceedings by criminal information or quo warranto

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