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Noun: apprehender  ,ap-ri'hen-du(r)
  1. A person who knows or apprehends
    "He was an apprehender of ancient languages and customs";
    - knower
     
  2. A person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)
    "The bounty hunter was a skilled apprehender of fugitives"

Derived forms: apprehenders

Type of: actor, doer, worker