compurgator
[kom-per-gey-ter]
noun
a person who vouches for the innocence and truthful testimony of another.
RELATED WORDS
participant, plaintiff, actor, contractor, agent, confederate, defendant, plotter, partaker, litigant, sharer, participator
Origin of compurgator
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Associated words: compurgation, compurgator, compurgatorial.
Putnam's Word BookLouis A. Flemming
I'll be your compurgator for the handle of a fan; I know love has brought many into the world, but let out none.
The head of a homestead was an aire, a representative freeman capable of acting as a witness, compurgator and bail.