CHARACTER WITNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does character witness mean? 

• CHARACTER WITNESS (noun)
  The noun CHARACTER WITNESS has 1 sense:

1. a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives

  Familiarity information: CHARACTER WITNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHARACTER WITNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("character witness" is a kind of...):

witness ((law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law)