relator

Multiple Entries:
  relator    relate  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
relator/rɪˈleɪtə/

▶noun

• 1 Law a person who brings a public lawsuit, typically in the name of the Attorney General, regarding the abuse of an office or franchise.

• 2 variant spelling of relater (see relate).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
relate/rɪˈleɪt/

▶verb

• 1 give an account of.

• 2 (be related) be connected by blood or marriage.

• 3 make or show a connection between.

  ■ (relate to) concern.

• 4 (relate to) feel sympathy for or identify with.

– derivatives
relatable adjective,
related adjective,
relatedness noun,
relater (also relator) noun.

– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as relation): from L. relat-, referre ‘bring back’ (see refer).