deponent

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).
2. noun A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
3. noun A deponent verb.

Similar words

testifier notifier author submitter declarant registrant applicant filer depositor filing

Often followed by

is further was and to saith has or in

Word family

deponents