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enlightener

enlightener noun: one who, or that which, enlightens.

Noun

enlightener (plural enlighteners)

  1. One who, or that which, enlightens.
    • The heart entirely engrossed by one, is the last to suspect it can be the object of preference to another. Vanity, the great enlightener on such subjects, is here lost in a more powerful feeling. She never thought of Mr. Spenser in any other character than as a pleasant acquaintance.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 271–272
    1. A thinker of the Age of Enlightenment.
      • The French enlightener Jean-François Marmontel […]1982, Critical Essays, page 121

enlightener meaning in Punjabi

enlightener in Punjabi

enlightener
ਗੁਰੂ gurū

Forms of enlightener

pluralenlighteners

Origin of enlightener

From enlighten + -er.

Questions about enlightener

What does enlightener mean?
Enlightener means one who, or that which, enlightens.
What is enlightener in Punjabi?
Enlightener in Punjabi is ਗੁਰੂ (gurū). See Enlightener meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is enlightener?
Enlightener is a noun.
What is the plural of enlightener?
The plural of enlightener is enlighteners.

Words near enlightener in the dictionary

  1. enlightened despotism
  2. Enlightened One
  3. enlightened self-interest
  4. enlightenedly
  5. enlightenedness
  6. enlightener
  7. enlighteners
  8. enlightenest
  9. enlighteneth
  10. enlightening
  11. enlighteningly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enlightener (page history and authors); ਗੁਰੂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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