Etymology

accusator

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Today it means: A male accuser. Full definition →

French accusateur ← Latin accūsātōrem
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  1. Latin · derived fromaccūsātōrem
  2. French · borrowed fromaccusateur
  3. English todayaccusator

From literary French accusateur, from Latin accūsātōrem, accusative singular of accūsātor (“accuser”). Doublet of accuser.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.