arraigner


ar·raign

A0435400 (ə-rān′)tr.v. ar·raigned, ar·raign·ing, ar·raigns 1. Law To call (an accused person) before a criminal court to hear and answer the charge made against him or her.2. To call to account; accuse: "Johnson arraigned the modern politics of this country as entirely devoid of all principle" (James Boswell).
[Middle English arreinen, from Old French araisnier, from Vulgar Latin *adratiōnāre, to call to account : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin ratiō, ratiōn-, account; see reason.]
ar·raign′er n.ar·raign′ment n.