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nounarraigner (plural arraigners)
plural arraigners
- lawOne who arraigns.
This having been premised, I replied to the assertion above stated, by asserting the direct contrary; namely, that were a similar case conceived between man and man, the severest arraigners of the measure would, on their grounds, find nothing to blame in it.
1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend
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APA
arraigner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arraigner
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“arraigner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arraigner. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arraigner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arraigner.
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