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ˈevil-ˈdoer [f. evil n. + doer.] One who does evil; a malefactor.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xii. xxxvii. 436 The herte of the lapwynge is gode to euyl doers. 1526–34Tindale 2 Tim. ii. 9, I suffre trouble as an evyll doar even vnto bondes. 1611Bible 1 Pet. ii. 12 They speake against you as euill doers. 1736Berkeley Disc. to Magistrates Wks. III. 421 Punishments that await evil-doers. 1851D. Jerrold St. Giles ix. 87 Those who were so sharp after evil⁓doers had commonly not the cleanest consciences themselves. 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. v. 248 The formidable Proctor, who is a terror to evil-doers. |