Atempter

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. One who makes an effort to achieve or accomplish something; an individual who tries or endeavors to do a particular task or action; someone who initiates an attempt or trial toward a goal
2. A person engaged in the act of trying or seeking to perform an action; an entity who undertakes an effort to accomplish a specific objective; one who ventures to do something with intent to succeed
3. An individual who undertakes the process of making a trial or effort; a party who strives to reach an outcome by applying oneself; someone who attempts or tests the feasibility of an action or purpose

Etymology: The surprising link here is with "tempt." Both come from the Latin "temptare," meaning "to test, try, or feel out," and "attemptare" was its intensified form, "to try at" or "to make trial of." The sense of enticing someone into wrongdoing grew later out of the older idea of testing a person's virtue, so a "tempter" was first simply one who put something to the test. This word is built from "attempt" with the agent suffix "-er," meaning one who performs the action. The form "atempter" is an older spelling, with a single "t," that reflects the Old French "atempter" from which English took "attempt." Its meaning is the plain one of the root: a person who makes an effort or tries something.

Synonyms: attacker, assailant, assailor, assaultor

Antonyms: defender, protector, guardian, savior, rescuer