Variant of ASSISTER, used in legal phraseology: see -OR.
1602. Fulbecke, 1st Pt. Parall., 93. The counsellor, commandor, or assistor are … guilty of homicide.
1768. Blackstone, Comm., IV. 38. Any assistance whatever given to a felon, to hinder his being apprehended … makes the assistor an accessory.
