Attemptor

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who tries or makes an effort to accomplish something challenging or significant
2. Someone engaged in an endeavor or undertaking, often with the implication of risk or difficulty
3. An individual who seeks to achieve a goal through persistent efforts or trials

Etymology: In Latin, "temptare" meant to test, try, or feel out something, and it gave English two words that look like they belong to different worlds. "Tempt" came into English from Old French with the sense of testing someone's virtue, which is how the idea of enticing grew up. "Attempt" came from the same Latin verb, prefixed with "ad-" ("toward"), and entered English in the 14th century with the plain sense of making a trial. Both words still carry that original meaning of testing. This noun is formed from "attempt" plus the agent suffix "-or," inherited through Old French from Latin, which marks someone who performs an action. So an attemptor is one who makes an attempt.

Synonyms: attacker, assailant, assailor

Antonyms: defender, protector, guardian