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APPREHENDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does apprehender mean?
• APPREHENDER (noun)
The noun APPREHENDER has 2 senses:
1. a person who knows or apprehends
2. a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)
Familiarity information: APPREHENDER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who knows or apprehends
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
apprehender; knower
Hypernyms ("apprehender" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
apprehend (get the meaning of something)
apprehend (anticipate with dread or anxiety)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("apprehender" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
apprehend (take into custody)
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