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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Relator \Re*lat"or\ (r?-l?t"?r), n. [ L.: cf. F. relateur. See Relate.] 1. One who relates; a relater. "The several relators of this history." --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "relator": anecdotist, fableist, fabler, fabulist, fictionist, mythmaker, mythopoet, narrator, novelettist, novelist, raconteur, reciter, recounter, romancer, romancist, sagaman, short-story writer, spinner of yarns, storier, storyteller, taleteller, teller of tales, word painter, yarn spinner
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

RELATOR. A rehearser or teller; one who, by leave of court, brings an information in the nature of a quo warranto. 2. At common law, strictly speaking, no such person as a relator to an information is known; he being a creature of the statute 9 Anne, c. 20. 3. In this country, even where no statute similar to that of Anne prevails, informations are allowed to be filed by private persons desirous to try their rights, in the name of the attorney general, and these are commonly called relators; though no judgment for costs can be rendered for or against them. 2 Dall. 112; 5 Mass. 231; 15 Serg. & Rawle, 127; 3 Serg. & Rawle, 52; Ang. on Corp. 470. In chancery the relator is responsible for costs. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4022.