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indicter|ɪnˈdaɪtə(r)|
Forms: 5 indytar, 6 endightour, indighter, 7 enditor, inditer, indictor, 7– indicter.
[a. AF. enditour, f. enditer to indict v.1]
One who indicts, a formal accuser.
[1292Britton i. v. §8 Ay presumpcioun de ly et de touz mes enditours, qe, etc. [I presume of him and all my indicters, that, etc.]. ]c1460Towneley Myst. xx. 24 All fals indytars Quest mangers and Iurers..Ar welcom to my sight. 1533More Apol. xl. Wks. 908/2 Thendightours maye haue euidence geuen them a part, or haue heard of the matter ere they came there. a1535― Wks. 987 (R.) Maister More saith yet further that vpon indightmentes at Sessions the indighters vse not to shewe y⊇ names of them that gaue them informacion. 1622Bacon Hen. VII, 146 (R.) In them [king's suite]..there passeth a double jurie, the indictors, and the tryors. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ix. vi. §51 By Law no man may be Accuser, and Witness; Inditer and Iurer. 1872Daily News 5 Oct. 5 [He] has been accused..of plagiarism, and occasionally proofs positive have been furnished by his indicters. |