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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prosecutor \Pros"e*cu`tor\, n. [Cf. L. prosecutor an attendant.]
1. One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan or
business.
2. (Law) The person who institutes and carries on a criminal
suit against another in the name of the government.
--Blackstone.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
prosecutor
n : a lawyer who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the
state [syn: {prosecuting officer}, {prosecuting attorney}]
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