Perjurer

//ˈpəɹdʒəɹəɹ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    someone who has committed perjury by lying under oath

    "Here are none exempted or excluded, be they never so prophane or wretched, no Atheist, adulterer, thief, or murderer, no lyer, perjurer, Witch or conjurer, &c· al are one fellowship, one body, one Church."

  2. 2
    a person who deliberately gives false testimony wordnet

Synonyms

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false witnessfalse witnessananiasbaron munchausenconsummate liardirty liar

Example

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"Here are none exempted or excluded, be they never so prophane or wretched, no Atheist, adulterer, thief, or murderer, no lyer, perjurer, Witch or conjurer, &c· al are one fellowship, one body, one Church."

Etymology

From perjure + -er.

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