Definition for PROS'E-CU-TOR

PROS'E-CU-TOR, n.

  1. One who pursues or carries on any purpose, plan or business.
  2. The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit in a legal tribunal, or one who exhibits criminal charges against an offender. The attorney-general is the prosecutor for the king or state. – Blackstone.

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