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Definition of Invoker
1. Noun. One who calls upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance. ¹
2. Noun. One who appeals for validation to a (notably cited) authority. ¹
3. Noun. One who conjures up spirits with incantations. ¹
4. Noun. Someone who induces as an inevitable consequence. ¹
5. Noun. One who solicits, petitions for, appeals to a favorable attitude. ¹
6. Noun. (computing) That which causes a program or subroutine to execute. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Invoker
1. one that invokes [n -S] - See also: invokes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Invoker
Literary usage of Invoker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean by William Mariner, John Martin (1818)
"... as being generally effective means to dispose the gods to accord with the
curse or evil wish of the malevolent invoker; to perform these charms is ..."
2. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1872)
"Thou art the invoker (of the gods) placed by Manush." • i. 14, 11. ... Agni, the
invoker placed by Manush, art present at the sacrifices: do thou present ..."
3. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"There are three cases — partiality for the invoker's side, partiality for ...
That the list of cases in which the partiality is on the invoker's side* will ..."
4. The Celtic Twilight by William Butler Yeats (1902)
"I had the invoker directly in front of me, and soon began to find his eyes, ...
Then the invoker got up and extinguished the light in the hall, ..."
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