Obs. rare. [a. L. excitātor, agent-n. f. excitā-re: see EXCITATE and -OR. Cf. Fr. excitateur.]
1. One who excites; spec. one whose business it is to rouse others from sleep.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. 182/1. The Excitator, who wakeneth the Jesuites in the Morning, must sleep before the others because he must rise before the rest, Ring the Bell, and carry Lights to every Chamber.
2. (See quot.)
1847. Craig, Excitator, an instrument employed to discharge a Leyden jar, or other electrical apparatus, without exposing the operator to the consequences of the shock.
1864. in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.
