appellor

[uh-pel-awr, ap-uh-lawr]

noun British Law.

a person who prosecutes in an appellate proceeding.

Obsolete. a person who accuses another in a criminal appeal.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English apelour < Anglo-French, Old French apeleor < Latin appellātor appellant. See appellate, -tor

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