[f. ATTACH v. + -ER1.] One who attaches; one who arrests under a writ of attachment.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 14. A-rester, or a-tacher, or a catcherel.
1609. Skene, Reg. Maj., 76. Sic sould be attachers, at command of the Judge, quhen it is necessare to attach sic men.
1641. Prynne, Antipathie, 45. If such Attachers be Clerkes Beneficed, they shall be suspended from their office.
