noun
- a person or thing that animates.
- an artist who produces animation from drawings, objects, or computer models: a cartoon animator;a video-game animator;a stop-motion animator.
noun
- an artist who produces animated cartoons
- Canadian a person who coordinates or facilitates something, esp a television or radio presenter
1630s, “one who enlivens or inspires,” from Latin animator, agent noun from animare (see animate (v.)). Cinematographic sense is from 1919.