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Webster 1913 Edition

Prosecutor

Pros′e-cuˊtor

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Noun.
[Cf. L.
prosecutor
an attendant.]
1.
One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.
2.
(Law)
The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prosecutor

PROS'ECUTOR

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Noun.
One who pursues or carries on any purpose, plan or business.
1.
The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit in a legal tribunal, or one who exhibits criminal charges against an offender. The attorney general is the prosecutor for the king or state.

Definition 2025

prosecutor

prosecutor

English

Noun

prosecutor ‎(plural prosecutors)

  1. (law) a prosecuting attorney.
  2. (law) a person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
    The prosecutor got the witness to admit he was lying.

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References

  1. ↑ “prosecutor” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Etymology

1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute).[1]

Surface analysis is prosecute +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈprɑsəˌkjuːtər/

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