I.one that ascends (eccl. Lat.).
II. Esp., one that mounts a horse, chariot, etc., a rider, charioteer: “ut cadat ascensor ejus (equi) retro,” Vulg. Gen. 49, 17: “ascensor equi, ib. Amos, 2, 15: equum et ascensorem dejecit,” ib. Exod. 15, 1; ib Job, 39, 18.—So absol.: “ascensores (sc. equorum),” Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 23; so, “asini ascensor,” ib. Isa. 21, 7; “cameli, ib. ib.' collidam in te currum et ascensorem ejus,” ib. Jer. 21, 51. subvertam quadrigam et ascensorem ejus, ib. Agg. 2, 23.