accusator

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From literary French accusateur, from Latin accūsātōrem, accusative singular of accūsātor ("accuser").

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_Calvus diu cum Cicerone iniquissimam litem de principatu eloquentiæ habuit; et usque eò violentus accusator et concitatus fuit, ut in media actione ejus surgeret Vatinius reus, et exclamaret, Rogo vos, judices, si iste disertus est, ideo me damnari oportet?

A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
Quod si accusator alius Seiano foret, si testis alius, index alius denique, dignum faterer esse me tantis malis. '

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
Glanvill says it belongs to the sheriff, in case of neglect on the part of lords of franchise, to take cognizance of melees, blows, and even wounds, unless the accuser add a charge of breach of the king's peace (nisi accusator adjiciat de pace Domini Regis infracta).

The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888
1, 14, 'Nobis adulescentibus accusator Cossutiani Capitonis' (A.D. 57), etc. From the above quotations, Quintilian must have been born somewhere between A.D. 35 and 40.

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills