All 4 Uses

narrator
in
The Handmaid's Tale
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If we could establish an identity for the narrator, we felt, we might be well on the way to an explanation of how this document — let me call it that for the sake of brevity — came into being.†
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narrator = storyteller
We held out no hope of tracing the narrator herself directly.†
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As for the ultimate fate of our narrator, it remains obscure.†
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Did our narrator reach the outside world safely and build a new life for herself?†
Chpt 47

Definitions:

(1) (narrator)
someone who tells a story--especially the main voice in a documentary, or a character who talks directly to the audience in a movie, play or other performance
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)