enlightener

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Contest Enlightener Paul Joseph Goebbels decreed the merry month of May "Politeness Month," ordered the holding of competitions in the display of good humor.

From Time Magazine Archive

But most especially, my most sincere gratitude goes to our true benefactor, El Jefe Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, Champion of Education, Light of the Antilles, First Teacher, Enlightener of His People.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

He reminded me of "Talipot, the Immortal Potentate of Manacabo, Messenger of the Morning, Enlightener of the Sun, Possessor of the Whole Earth, and Mighty Monarch of the Brass-handled Sword."

From Tent Life in Siberia by Kennan, George

A prince so accomplished, received a name suitable to his merit; and he was called Bonbenin-bonbobbin-bonbobbinet, which signifies Enlightener of the Sun.

From The Story of the White Mouse by Unknown

Yet again she dared to pray,—here in this solitude, to ask for that Holy Spirit, the Enlightener.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various