Lit"er*a`tor (l&ibreve;t"&etilde;r*ā`t&etilde;r), n. [L. litterator, literator. See Letter.] 1. One who teaches the letters or elements of knowledge; a petty schoolmaster. Burke.

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

That class of subjects which are interesting to the regular literator or black-letter " bibliomane," simply because they have once been interesting.

3. A learned person; a literatus. Sir W. Hamilton.