attester

noun

Definition of attesternext
as in witness

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  1. witness
  2. reporter
  3. informant
Noun
  • Retained for criminal defense work, Dwyer bribed an NYPD officer to access a confidential federal law enforcement database, obtaining personal information on government witnesses.
    — David Niccolini, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The former husband of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three young children, took the stand Monday as the prosecution’s first witness in her triple-murder trial.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Definition of witness
Noun
  • Daily newspapers keep scores of advance obituaries on file so reporters aren’t scrambling on deadline when an important person in the community dies.
    — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 26 July 2026
  • Valkyrie is not quite open for business, but Eveland and her business partner — Valkyrie technical director Desmond Browning — gave a Statesman reporter and photographer a tour of the facility and a preview of the training that will be offered.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
Definition of reporter
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  • In other words, the governor of the strategically important border state of Baja California was just caught on tape offering to become an FBI informant.
    — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
  • Over the past four seasons, Voit has gone from being a brutal murderer to a key informant for the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit.
    — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of informant
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“Attester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attester. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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