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offendant, a. and n.|əˈfɛndənt|
Also 7 -ent.
[a. F. offendant, pr. pple. of offendre to offend. (The spelling -ent is after Latin: see -ent.)]
†A. adj. Causing injury or mischief. Obs.
1547Boorde Brev. Health cccxxxii. 107 b, Reforme the matter the which is offendant.
B. n.
1. One who offends or does wrong; a transgressor, an offender. Now rare.
1597Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1612) 439 Neither was his anger appeased, vntill that the offendant..was stoned to death and burnt. 1648Gage West Ind. xviii. (1655) 127 It was expected the offendants, some should be hanged, some banished, some imprisoned. 1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 549 Ah! speak, offendant of the goddess!
†2. An assailant. Obs.
1644Nye Gunnery (1670) 73 Granadoes..the effects whereof are of no less esteem; whether it be for the offendants or..defendants. 1646View Ld. Falkland's Infallibility 155 If he make a thrust..he then turnes offendent or arguer. |