offender
//əˈfen.də(ɹ)//
Forms
- Plural
- offenders
Definitions
1.One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.
- Almost all down trains are late, however; the empty wagon trains are probably the worst offenders and one or two hours' late running by them is not unusual.
2.A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4856
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er.