Middle English Dictionary Entry
criminātǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | criminātǒur n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Accuser, calumniator.
Associated quotations
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)2 Tim.3.3 : Men schal be..crymynatours [L criminatores], þat is puttande crimys to oþere.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)59.519 (v.1:p.368) : Hath compassyon of hym, knowyng wele that he gooth to the iuge and his criminatour [L (Graesse, p.200): criminatore] with hym.