relator

[ ri-ley-ter ]

/ rɪˈleɪ tər /

a person who relates or tells; narrator.

Law.

a private person on whose suggestion or complaint certain writs, as a quo warranto, are issued and whose position is analogous to that of a plaintiff.
a party in interest who is allowed to institute a proceeding in the name of a public official when the right to sue rests exclusively in that official.

Origin of relator

First recorded in 1585–95, relator is from the Latin word relātor a proposer, mover. See relate, -tor

relator Realtor

The credit acquired by such relations seldom pays the relator for the hazard run by the communication.

Coelebs In Search of a Wife |Hannah More
There was still a relator, a private secretary of the inquisitor-general, a keeper of the archives, and four minor officials.

A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4 |Henry Charles Lea
"It is a very wonderful life—simple, wonderful," she said slowly, thinking more of the relator than of the story.

Stover at Yale |Owen Johnson
"The policeman was a kind-hearted, sensible fellow," said the relator of the incident.

Robin |Frances Hodgson Burnett

However some may have miscarried by imprudence, or others by ill fortune, he is only the relator, not the author of them.

Trips to the Moon |Lucian

relator

/ (rɪˈleɪtə) /

a person who relates a story; narrator

English law a person who gives information upon which the attorney general brings an action

US law a person who institutes proceedings by criminal information or quo warranto