Also 7 attaquer. [f. ATTACK v. + -ER1: cf. F. attaqueur, 16th c.] One who attacks, an assailant.
1664. Pepys, Diary, 4 June. Prince Rupert, the boldest attaquer in the world.
1779. Forrest, Voy. N. Guinea, 228. The attackers boarded her.
1882. M. Arnold, in 19th Cent., Aug., 229. The attackers of the established course of study think that against Greek, at any rate, they have irresistible arguments.
