English Explanatory Dictionary

prosecutor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A prosecuting attorney.
  2. A person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prosecutor.wav

Word forms

prosecutor prosecutors

Etymology

First use appears c. 1542, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute). By surface analysis, prosecute + -or.

Related words

prosecute prosecution

Derived words

criminal prosecutor crown prosecutor prosecutorial prosecutorship special prosecutor

Translations

Albanian: prokuror Arabic: مُدَّعٍ Arabic: الْمُدَّعِي Armenian: դատախազ Azerbaijani: prokuror Azerbaijani: ittihamçı Belarusian: пракуро́р Belarusian: абвінава́ўца Bengali: অভিশংসক Bulgarian: прокуро́р Bulgarian: обвини́тел Bulgarian: обвини́телка Catalan: fiscal Cebuano: prosekyutor Chinese Cantonese: 主控官 Chinese Mandarin: 起訴人 /起诉人 Chinese Mandarin: 檢控官 /检控官 Chinese Mandarin: 原告 Czech: prokurátor Danish: anklager Dutch: aanklager Estonian: prokurör Estonian: süüdistaja Finnish: syyttäjä French: procureur French: procuratrice French: procureuse Georgian: პროკურორი German: Staatsanwalt German: Staatsanwältin German: Amtsanwalt German: Ankläger German: Anklägerin Greek: κατήγορος Greek: εισαγγελέας Hebrew: תוֹבֵעַ Hindi: अभियोक्ता Hindi: अभियोजन Hungarian: ügyész Icelandic: saksóknari Italian: prosecutore Italian: procuratore Japanese: 検察 Japanese: 検察官 Japanese: 検事 Kazakh: прокурор Korean: 검찰 Korean: 검찰관 Korean: 검사 Kyrgyz: прокурор Lao: ໂຈດ Latvian: prokurors Lithuanian: prokuroras Macedonian: обвинител Macedonian: обвинителка Māori: kaiwhiu Mongolian: яллагч Norwegian Bokmål: aktor Pashto: څارنوال Dari: مُدَّعِی Iranian Persian: مُدَّعی Iranian Persian: دادْسِتان Plautdietsch: Aunkloagsveträda
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