Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A prosecutor or adversary at law.
- noun A persecutor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
pursuer ; apersecutor ; acensorious critic .
Etymologies
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Latin, from insectari to pursue, frequentative from insequi. See ensue.
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Tractavit etiam omnem ferè studiorum materiam; In philosophiâ parum diligens, egregius tamen vitiorum insectator.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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