Probator
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An examiner; an approver.
"Warranted Officers, that are reckoned ancient experienced Men of the same Employments, some nominated, and appointed for Probators, as well as all from the Captains and Commissioners"
- 2 One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it and accused his accomplices in order to obtain pardon. UK, obsolete
Example
More examples"Warranted Officers, that are reckoned ancient experienced Men of the same Employments, some nominated, and appointed for Probators, as well as all from the Captains and Commissioners"
Etymology
From Latin probātor.