[f. TESTIFY v. + -ER1.] One who testifies; a witness.
1611. Cotgr., Tesmoing, a witnesse, testis, testifier.
1659. Pearson, Creed, i. (1662), 4. The strength and validity of every Testimony must bear proportion with the Authority of the Testifier.
1752. J. Gill, Trinity, i. 13. Though the Father, Word, and Spirit are one, yet not one person; because if so, they could not be three testifiers.
1788. Reid, Act. Powers, III. ii. 115. It is not the words of the testifier, but his belief, that produces this belief in a child: For children soon learn to distinguish what is said in jest, from what is said in good earnest.
1805. A. Fuller, Gospel Worthy, etc., App. 206. Faith implies that we think well of the testifier, or possess a confidence in his veracity.
1854. E. G. Holland, Mem. J. Badger, xi. 209. Testifiers to the same fact.
