Transgressor

  • 1transgressor — (n.) early 15c., from Anglo Fr. transgressour, O.Fr. transgressor, and directly from L. transgressor, agent noun from transgredi (see TRANSGRESSION (Cf. transgression)) …

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  • 2transgressor — I noun criminal, degenerate, delinquent, lawbreaker, malefactor, malfeasant, miscreant, offender, profligate, recreant, reprobate, violator, wrongdoer associated concepts: target of an investigation II index convict, criminal, degenerate …

    Law dictionary

  • 3transgressor — |ô| adj. s. m. Que ou aquele que transgride; infrator …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 4transgressor — meaning ‘someone who violates a rule or law’, is spelt or, not er …

    Modern English usage

  • 5Transgressor — Transgressively Trans*gress ive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Adam, perhaps, . . . from the transgressive infirmities of himself, might have erred alone. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] Transgressor Trans*gress or, n. [L.: cf. F. transgresseur.] One who… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6transgressor — [[t]træ̱nzgre̱sə(r)[/t]] transgressors N COUNT A transgressor is someone who has broken a particular rule or law or has done something that is generally considered unacceptable. [FORMAL] …

    English dictionary

  • 7transgressor — transgress ► VERB ▪ go beyond the limits set by (a moral principle, standard, law, etc.). DERIVATIVES transgression noun transgressive adjective transgressor noun. ORIGIN Latin transgredi step across …

    English terms dictionary

  • 8transgressor — noun see transgress …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 9transgressor — See transgressible. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 10transgressor — noun Someone who transgresses. See Also: transgression, transgressive …

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