Meaning

1 senses
  1. One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

    Ankläger, Ankläger

    обвини́тельobvinítelʹ, обвини́тельницаobvinítelʹnica

    обвинува́чobvynuváč, обвинува́чкаobvynuváčka

More definitions
  • someone who imputes guilt or blame

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He turned angrily on his accusers.

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  2. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

    deEin schlechtes Gewissen bedarf des Anklägers nicht.

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  3. Information sometimes varies dramatically according to format: my news feed truncated the last word of the headline "Ex-boyfriend backs Cain accuser".

    deInformationen können sich durch ihre Formulierung manchmal drastisch verändern; mein Feedreader schnitt das letzte Wort dieser Schlagzeile ab: "Ex-Freund unterstützt Cain-Ankläger."

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Translations

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English acuser, accusour, borrowed from Old French accusour, from La

Inherited from Middle English acuser, accusour, borrowed from Old French accusour, from Latin accūsātor, from accūsāre. Equivalent to accuse + -er. Doublet of accusator.

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Forms

plural: accusers

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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