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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1647-1672
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Pros(e)quutter, -secuter, n. [e.m.E. prosecutor (1599), med. L. prosecutor, agent-n. f. prōsequī Proseq(u)ute v.] a. One who carries on (an occupation). b. One who institutes or carries on legal proceedings; ? an accuser. — 1647 J. Hope Diary (1919) 133.
Partiners and prosquutters for the present of the working of silver lace 1672 Lauder Jrnl. 221.
My lord concernes himselfe exceidingly to bring his man of only with a sweip of a tods taill, wheiras in generosity he should be his main prosecuter
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