Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who makes or is authorized to make an excuse or apology.
- noun In English law, one who makes an accusation.
- noun In old Ger. law, a defendant; one who wholly denies the plaintiff's cause of action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete One who makes, or is authorized to make, an
excuse ; anapologist .
Etymologies
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Latin
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Examples
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"excusator," sent merely to maintain that the King of England could not be cited to plead before the Papal Court, should be heard or not.
Henry VIII. 1908
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"excusator," a person formally empowered to protest for him that he could not by the laws of England plead at a foreign tribunal; and that with this imperfect recognition of his authority the pope would be satisfied.
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856
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He will send the excusator when he hears again from M. de
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856
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