compurgator

[ kom-per-gey-ter ]

/ ˈkɒm pərˌgeɪ tər /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR compurgator ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a person who vouches for the innocence and truthful testimony of another.

Origin of compurgator

1525–35; <Medieval Latin, equivalent to compurgā(re) (see compurgation) + -tor-tor

Words nearby compurgator

compulsory, compulsory purchase, compunction, compunctious, compurgation, compurgator, computation, computational complexity, computational fluid dynamics, computational linguistics, compute

Example sentences from the Web for compurgator

The head of a homestead was an aire, a representative freeman capable of acting as a witness, compurgator and bail.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4|Various
I'll be your compurgator for the handle of a fan; I know love has brought many into the world, but let out none.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 (of 15)|Robert Dodsley
Associated words: compurgation, compurgator, compurgatorial.
Putnam's Word Book|Louis A. Flemming

单词	compurgator
释义	compurgator [ kom-per-gey-ter ] / ˈkɒm pərˌgeɪ tər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR compurgator ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person who vouches for the innocence and truthful testimony of another. Origin of compurgator 1525–35; <Medieval Latin, equivalent to compurgā(re) (see compurgation) + -tor-tor Words nearby compurgator compulsory, compulsory purchase, compunction, compunctious, compurgation, compurgator, computation, computational complexity, computational fluid dynamics, computational linguistics, compute Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for compurgator The head of a homestead was an aire, a representative freeman capable of acting as a witness, compurgator and bail. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4\|Various I'll be your compurgator for the handle of a fan; I know love has brought many into the world, but let out none. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 (of 15)\|Robert Dodsley Associated words: compurgation, compurgator, compurgatorial. Putnam's Word Book\|Louis A. Flemming Words related to compurgator participant, plaintiff, actor, contractor, agent, confederate, defendant, plotter, partaker, litigant, sharer, participator
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compurgator

noun

Origin of compurgator

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Example sentences from the Web for compurgator

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