appeacher

From appeach +‎ -er.

appeacher (plural appeachers)

1. (obsolete) An accuser.
   • 1562, Arthur Brooke, The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet, lines 2887–2888; republished as John James Munro, editor, Brooke's 'Romeus and Juliet' being the original of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', London: Chatto and Windus, 1908, page 107:

     But sure my conscience, if so my guilt deserve, / For an appeacher, witness, and a hangman, eke should serve;

   • a. 1618, Walter Raleigh, Remains of Sir Walter Raleigh; Viz. Maxims of State:

     […] but even the Angels would plead against you, and your own self, in despight of your self, be your own most sharp appeacher.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

• “appeacher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.