appeacher

plural appeachers

1. obsoleteAn accuser.

   But sure my conscience, if so my guilt deserve, / For an appeacher, witness, and a hangman, eke should serve;

   1562, Arthur Brooke, The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet, lines 2887–2888; republished as John James Munro, editor, Brooke's 'Romeus and Juliet' being the original of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', London: Chatto and Windus, 1908, page 107

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   […]but even the Angels would plead against you, and your own self, in despight of your self, be your own most sharp appeacher.

   a. 1618, Walter Raleigh, Remains of Sir Walter Raleigh; Viz. Maxims of State