A device or person that electrifies something or applies electrical charge.
Agent noun from electrize, with the suffix -er. Emerged in the 18th century during the early scientific study of electricity when experimenters needed a word for machines that generated electrical effects.
In the 1700s, before modern electrical equipment, natural philosophers used 'electrizers'—basically sophisticated friction machines—to generate sparks and shocks for experiments and public demonstrations that amazed audiences.
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