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Webster 1913 Edition
Prosecutor
Pros′e-cuˊtor
,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
,Noun.
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.