Obs. rare. [Agent-n. in L. form from convincĕre to CONVINCE: cf. L. victor from vincĕre.] One who convicts.
1650. T. Bayly, Herba Parietis, To Rdr. 4.
1655–60. Stanley, Hist. Philos. (1701), 23/2. If any Man shall be convict privately of theft … it shall be … at the pleasure of the Convictor … to put him in chains five days.
