#witnesser__witness__informant  someone who sees an event and reports what happened
  supertype:  perceiver  speaker
  subtype:  attester__attestant  someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something
  subtype:  testifier__deponent  a person who testifies or gives a deposition

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