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English
Etymology
From literary French accusateur, from Latin accūsātōrem, accusative singular of accūsātor (“accuser”).[1] Doublet of accuser.
Noun
accusator (plural accusators)
- (archaic) A male accuser.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Oxford English Dictionary (2007)
Latin
Etymology
From accūsāre (“blame, accuse”) + -tor, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + causa (“cause, reason, account, lawsuit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
accūsātor m (genitive accūsātōris, feminine accūsātrīx); third declension
- accuser, plaintiff
- denouncer, informer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “accusator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “accusator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers