APPAR'ITOR, noun [Latin apparo, to prepare, or appareo, to attend.] Among the Romans, any officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. In England, a messenger or officer who serves the process of a spiritual court, or a beadle in the university who carries the mace.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI