[f. ALLEVIATE + -OR, as if a. L. *alleviātōr n. of agent f. alleviāre.] He who, or that which, alleviates; a lightener, or reliever.
1811. Lamb, On being Hanged, Wks. 569. That kindest alleviator of human miseries.
a. 1823. Combe, in Half-hrs. Authors, II. 128. A powerful alleviator of the fatigue of walking.
1882. Cornh. Mag., Feb., 157. An alleviator of the evils of his individual life.
