initialer

The artist who decorates the initial letters in an illuminated manuscript.

Often the ornamentor was an apprentice to the real artist of the scriptorium, the initialer.

There are also several places where the copyist wrote in the letter but the initialer failed to complete his task (e.g., 18v20, 19r6).

The initial episode of a television show or series of films.

This maintains the standard of excellence set by the initialer and emerges as a well-knit chapter in the adventures of Leslie Charteris' popular modern Robin Hood, Simon Templar — otherwise known as "The Saint."

Under Nicholas Ray's sock direction, the Marlon Brando mannerisms displayed in the initialer are gone and the role here carries much greater audience sympathy and response as a result.

One who initials a document.

Initials affixed in this manner do not, therefore, by themselves bring the initialer into any connection with the order for criminal purposes.

It appeared, however, that the citation contained the names of the initialers only insofar as they were so-called company personnel and that union employees who had also initialed in the area, while mentioned in the inspector's notes, were not mentioned in the citation.