Also 7 -er. [n. of action on Latin type f. ASSOCIATE or L. associāre.] He who or that which joins in association; a confederate, companion; a member of an association.
1616. Purchas, Pilgr. (1864), 126. Another Nayro, who with his Associaters kill him.
1683. Lond. Gaz., No. 1857/5. All Conventiclers, Covenanters, Associators, and all other Traytors.
1750. Harris, Hermes, II. i. (1786), 229. The natural Associators with Articles are … common Appellatives.
1876. Bancroft, Hist. U.S., V. xii. 456. Congress … called on the associators in Philadelphia … to join the army.
