compurgator.
Someone who vouches for another person's innocence, trustworthiness etc.
Meaning & usage
Someone who vouches for another person's innocence, trustworthiness etc. A character witness in canon law who swore an oath that the accused was innocent.
Someone who vouches for another person's innocence, trustworthiness etc. An ‘oath-helper’ in Anglo-Saxon or Germanic law who testified to the character of an accused person.
Where this word comes from
From Medieval Latin compurgator or Middle French compurgateur, from Latin compurgō (“to purify”).
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