prosecutor C1 Topic:Crime & Justice US /ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/ See IPA manual Freq #4126 Meanings 1 noun A lawyer who argues in court that an accused person is guilty of a crime. The prosecutor presented strong evidence against the defendant. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a lawyer who argues in... prosecuting attorneypublic prosecutor Word family Forms prosecutors Derived forms prosecutorialprosecutorship Related forms prosecuteprosecution Common collocations public prosecutor Adjective + noun Etymology AI details 1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute). By surface analysis, prosecute + -or. *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Crime & Justice Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # prosecutor **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/ **Frequency rank:** 4126 ## Meanings 1. A lawyer who argues in court that an accused person is guilty of a crime. ## Examples - The prosecutor presented strong evidence against the defendant. ## Derived Forms - prosecutorial - prosecutorship ## Related Forms - prosecute - prosecution ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *sekʷ- ## Etymology 1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute). By surface analysis, prosecute + -or. ## AI Etymology Prosecutor is attested from the 1590s, from Medieval Latin prosecutor, from prōsequor (English prosecute). By surface analysis, prosecute + -or. The historical chain includes *sekʷ- (Proto-Indo-European). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as prosecutorial and prosecutorship and related forms such as prosecute and prosecution. In present use it covers a lawyer who argues in court that an accused person is guilty of a crime. ## Topics - Crime & Justice - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown