Associations to the word «Apprehender»

Wiktionary

APPREHENDER, noun. Agent noun of apprehend; one who apprehends.

Dictionary definition

APPREHENDER, noun. A person who knows or apprehends.
APPREHENDER, noun. A person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats