compurgator

[kom-per-gey-ter]

See more synonyms for compurgator on Thesaurus.com

noun

a person who vouches for the innocence and truthful testimony of another.

Origin of compurgator

1525–35; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to compurgā(re) (see compurgation) + -tor -tor

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words for compurgator

participant, plaintiff, actor, contractor, agent, confederate, defendant, plotter, partaker, litigant, sharer, compurgator, participator

Examples from the Web for compurgator

Historical Examples of compurgator

Associated words: compurgation, compurgator, compurgatorial.
Putnam's Word Book
Louis 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.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 (of 15)
Robert Dodsley
The head of a homestead was an aire, a representative freeman capable of acting as a witness, compurgator and bail.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4
Various