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accuser

/əˈkju.zɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.99 in modern English

Syllables
ac-cus-er
IPA
/əˈkju.zɚ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accūsātorbor. Old French accusourbor. Middle English acuser English accuser Inherited from Middle English acuser, accusour, borrowed from Old French accusour, from Latin accūsātor, from accūsāre. Equivalent to accuse + -er. Doublet of accusator.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /əˈkju.zɚ/
  • British English: /əˈkjuː.zə/

Inflected Forms

accusers (plural) accusor (alternative) accusour (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

accuseress hackuser

Phrases

accuser of the saints

Antonyms

accused

Rhymes With

user loser cruiser abuser boozer kreuzer hooser vanhooser huser vanduzer bruiser chooser

Questions

How do you pronounce accuser?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈkju.zɚ/.
What does accuser mean?
One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
Where does accuser come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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