explainern.

1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church i. viii. f. 56^v, (margin) In the boke called Galirasepa, which is to say, The explaner of the hidde or secret things.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xii. 139 The Greekes call him [sc. a maner of speach] Prolepsis, we the Propounder, or the Explaner.

1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 39 According to our common explainers.

1695 P. Motteux tr. F. Pidou de St. Olon Present State Morocco 41 Their Prophet, whom they call God's great Favorite, and the Explainer of his Will.

1771 R. Berenger Hist. & Art Horsemanship I. 67 The learned and accurate explainer of antiquities..flatters himself at last with being able to assign a reason for it.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 758 The constituents and explainers of the all-explaining fluids.

1860 W. Bagehot Hist. Unreformed Parl. 37 He must be, if not a great orator, a great explainer.

1881 Daily News 29 Dec. 5/2 He was the expounder and explainer of the reforms.

1913 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 81 The ancient explainers of natural phenomena were the poets.

1952 Billboard 9 Feb. 2/4 Wages, the trend explainers say, will go up.

2007 Indianapolis Monthly July 103/2 I really like listening to my dad.., because he is an incredibly good explainer.

1974 Oakland (Calif) Tribune 11 Nov. 7/1 Grants..support the High School Explainer program, in which students are trained to serve as guides, answering questions and assisting visitors.

1994 Museums Jrnl. May 34/1 The Science Museum was the first museum to use ‘explainers’ and to coin the term. Explainers not only explain, when necessary, the scientific principles behind exhibits at a level appropriate to the visitor, but also involve all members of a group by encouraging visitors to ask questions and to learn from each other.

2003 Guardian 21 May ii. 2/2 As the zoo's young woman ‘explainer’ explained, this was a retirement group.