accusor

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A form of accuser — One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

OriginEnglish accuse ← Middle English acusen ← Old French acuser →
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Meanings

nounaccusor (plural accusors)

plural accusors

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of accuser.

    Even Queensberry, Wilde's accusor, may not have fully believed in Wilde's homosexuality. "To Oscar Wilde, posing as a Somdomite (sic)" was the way he put it.

    1979 April 28, Gerry McNamara, “Life for Art's Sake”, in Gay Community News, page 17

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Italic*kaussā
  6. Old Latincaussa
  7. Latincausa
  8. Latinaccūsāre
  9. Old Frenchacuser
  10. Middle Englishacusen
  11. Englishaccuse
  12. Englishaccusor

From accuse + -or.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Accurso
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APA

accusor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accusor

MLA

“accusor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accusor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accusor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accusor.

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