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# accuser

«accuser» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who says that someone else has done something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an accuser, accusers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An accuser is a person who says that someone else has done something wrong or committed a crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuser/#m1)

2) (Bible) In the Bible, «the accuser» is a name for Satan, who accuses people before God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuser/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, courtroom scenes and history, the accuser faces the accused (the person blamed); a fair trial lets both sides speak. In church and Bible lessons, the Book of Revelation calls Satan «the accuser». Phrases: «face your accuser», «the accuser and the accused».

### examples

- The accuser told the judge what she had seen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuser/#x1)
- In a fair trial, the accused can answer the accuser. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuser/#x2)
- The boy's accusers said he had taken the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuser/#x3)
- It turned out that the accuser had lied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuser/#x4)
- (Bible) Revelation calls Satan «the accuser of our brothers». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuser/#x5)
- The accuser pointed at the empty biscuit tin and then at me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuser/#x6)

### note

Countable. From «accuse» + «-er». Opposite in a case: the accused (the person blamed). Being accused is not the same as being guilty: in law a person is innocent until proven guilty.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «accuser» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accuser/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.