What does Accuser mean?

Definitions for Accuser
ac·cus·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. accusernoun

    someone who imputes guilt or blame

Wiktionary

  1. accusernoun

    Agent noun of accuse; one who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Accusernoun

    He that brings a charge against another.

    Etymology: from accuse.

    There are some persons forbidden to be accusers, on the score of their sex, as women; others, of their age, as pupils and infants; others, upon the account of some crimes committed by them; and others, on the score of some filthy lucre to propose to gain thereby; others, on the score of their conditions, as libertines against their patrons; and others, through a suspicion of calumny, as having once already given false evidence; and, lastly, others on account of their poverty, as not being worth more than fifty aurei. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

    —— That good man, who drank the pois’nous draught,
    With mind serene, and could not wish to see
    His vile accuser drink as deep as he. John Dryden, Juv. Sat. xiii.

    If the person accused maketh his innocence plainly to appear upon his trial, the accuser is immediately put to an ignominious death; and, out of his goods and lands, the innocent person is quadruply recompensed. Gulliver’s Travels.

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  1. accuser

    An accuser is a person who claims that another person has done something wrong or illegal, often initiating a claim or proceeding against them, particularly in a court of law. Essentially, an accuser asserts or alleges misconduct or guilt against someone else.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Accusernoun

    one who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault

  2. Etymology: [OE. acuser, accusour; cf. OF. acuseor, fr. L. accusator, fr. accusare.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Accuser in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Accuser in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Accuser in a Sentence

  1. Nicolas Maduro:

    They wanted to force him into becoming a monster, a false accuser against Venezuela, against me and against the Bolivarian revolution — something he never allowed.

  2. Pope Francis:

    In these times, it seems like the ‘Great Accuser’ has been unchained and has it in for bishops, true, we are all sinners, we bishops. He tries to uncover the sins, so they are visible in order to scandalize the people.

  3. Troy Vincent:

    I’m just praying for the young man, personally, today. I’m praying for him and his family. I’m praying for the young ladies that have come out. This is not good for anybody, forget the sport, but I think we’ve learned that every situation’s different. They’re delicate. You make sure that folks, whether it’s the accuser, the victim, whoever it may be, that there’s a due process in place. And I think we’ve learned that over time, not that we’ve rushed in the past, but I think we’ve learned from the different cases that we’ve seen with this particular subject matter, let the due process take care of itself, then that’s up to Lisa [Friel, NFL special counsel for investigations] and her team to now make the proper recommendations to what direction the commissioner and the commissioner’s office should take.

  4. Anita Hill:

    The reluctance of someone to come forward demonstrates that even in the #MeToo era, it remains incredibly difficult to report harassment, abuse or assault by people in power, judiciary Committee should put in place a process that enables anyone with a complaint of this nature to be heard. I have seen firsthand what happens when such a process is weaponized against an accuser, and no one should have to endure that again.

  5. Tom Jones:

    The fact that Dave Chipman has resolved complaints of discrimination in some kind of settlement in a closed-door room doesn't absolve him of behaving inappropriately, it means the accuser didn’t want to spend months, if not years, literally and figuratively litigating this issue.

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