What does "literator" mean?

Literator: 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. De Quincey.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A learned person; a literatus. Sir W. Hamilton.

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