witnesser Now rare.
(ˈwɪtnɪsə(r))
[f. witness v. + -er1.]
One who witnesses; a witness.
| c 1400 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iii. v. 53 Ye lyers forswerers and witnessers of falshede. c 1449 Pecock Repr. i. v. 26 Whanne a mater..is witnessid..bi a reuerend..witnesser or denouncer or remembrer (as is God, an Apostil, or a Doctour). c 1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert xxxiv. 110 Þoo cleped þei þe witnesses, or witnesseres,..mad hem to swere þat þei schuld say soth in þat mater. a 1483 Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 55 They sitte with hym at the bourd of doome..as recorders and witnessers to the trouthe. c 1520 Dial. Creatures Moralised xxii. G iv, A false witnesser. 1554 T. Martin Traictise Marr. Priests Z iij, He was nowe so well become a constaunte witnesser of the passion of Christe, that..he gaue an example of an heauenly conuersation vnto all his subiectes. 1658 in Extr. St. Papers rel. Friends Ser. i. (1910) 42 Lyers, and false witnessers. 1665 J. Sergeant Sure Footing 19 An Eminent and Knowing Witnesser to Posterity of the Sence and Faith of the Church. 1874 W. P. Mackay Grace & Truth 36 The blessed Spirit, the witnesser of Christ. |