compurgator

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kom′pər gā′tər)


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com•pur•ga•tor  (kom′pər gā′tər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Lawa person who vouches for the innocence and truthful testimony of another.
  • Medieval Latin, equivalent. to compurgā(re) (see compurgation) + -tor -tor
  • 1525–35


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