Ēl'e-vā'tor, n.

n. [Fr. élévateur, It. elevatore.] One who, or that which, raises, lifts, or exalts; as, (a.) A mechanical contrivance for lifting grain, &c., to an upper floor; also, a building containing one or more elevators. (b.) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. Dunglison. (c.) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.