denunciator
(dɪˈnʌns-, dɪˈnʌnʃɪeɪtə(r))
In 5 denonciatour, 6 denounciator.
[a. F. dénonciateur (1408 in Hatzf.), ad. L. dēnuntiātōr-em, agent-n. from dēnuntiāre to denounce.]
One who denounces or utters denunciations; a denouncer; in Civ. Law: One who lays an information against another.
| 1474 Caxton Chesse iii. i. (1860) E iij b, His accusers or denonciatours. 1563 Foxe A. & M. 700 a, Concerning Wylliam Lattymer and John Hooper, the pretenced denounciators of this matter. 1694 Halle Jersey iv. 104 Two Denunciators, or Under-Sheriffs. 1726 Ayliffe Parergon 210 The Denunciator does not inscribe himself, nor make himself a Party in Judgment as the Accuser does. 1833 Lamb Elia (1860) 402 The denunciators have been fain to postpone the prophecy. 1885 Spectator 29 Aug. 1125/1 Mr. Parnell, the denunciator of evicting landlords. |