A person who associates with others; a fellow member or companion in some activity or group.
From 'associate' + '-or' agent suffix. 'Associate' from Latin 'associatus,' meaning to join with as a companion.
In medieval times, 'associators' were actual groups of knights and nobles who formed pacts to maintain order—they were basically vigilante alliances with fancy names.
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