Forger
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.
- 2 someone who makes copies illegally wordnet
- 3 A person who forges metals.
- 4 someone who operates a forge wordnet
Example
More examples"This person appears to have been none other than Beddington, the famous forger and cracksman, who, with his brother, had only recently emerged from a five years' spell of penal servitude."
Etymology
From Middle English forger, forgere, from Old French forgiere; equivalent to forge + -er.
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