wrongern.
/ˈrɒŋə/, U.S. /ˈrɔŋər/, /ˈrɑŋər/ 1. One who wrongs another; a person who does wrong or amiss; an inflicter of wrong, harm, or injury; a wrongdoer.Frequently from c1840 (often contrasted with wronged).
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongdoer > [noun]
guilter12..
misdoera1325
trespasser1362
transgressor1377
offendera1450
wrongerc1449
misruler1450
wrongdoerc1450
delinquent1484
committer1509
violater1523
faulter1535
violator?1535
exceeder1625
misfeasor1631
tortfeasor1658
misactor1659
culprit1769
disorderly1852
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > [noun] > one who does
offender?a1425
wrongerc1449
griever1598
injurer1611
grievancer1655
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > evil-doer
scatheOE
misdoera1325
malfeasorc1380
evil-doer1398
forfeiter1413
wrongerc1449
malefactor?c1450
wicked-doerc1450
wrongdoerc1450
felonian1594
hellcat1603
commissioner1651
misactor1659
malfeasant1867
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 549 Defenders aȝens wrongers and diffamers of the..wickid world.
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1098 That he should warne the wronger to appeare..at Court, it to defend.
1594 R. Barnfield Shepheard Content xxv. sig. Fiv If any by his fellowes be opprest, The wronger..Shall be well bangd.
a1618 J. Sylvester Sec. Sess. Parl. in Wks. (1880) II. 141 An Act against all greedy Wringers, Wrongers, Usurers, and Oppressors.
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 457 A great Wronger of our Nation.
1833 E. Elliott Corn Law Rhymes (new ed.) 123 In our prayers, If we forget our wrongers, may we be Vile as their virtues.
1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah viii. 266 Utterly unable to make out whether his client was the wronged or the wronger, guilty or not guilty.
1895 W. Watson Purple East (1896) 16 A charge from Him Who watches..To smite the wronger with thy destined rod.
2. An injurer or misuser of something.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful person > [noun]
scatheOE
plaguea1450
wounder1483
pestilenta1530
harmer1583
wronger1591
griever1598
injurier1598
injurer1611
nuisancer1769
vitriolizer1882
menace1936
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > [noun] > one who does > of something
wronger1591
offendent1831
1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. C2 Arme thee traytor, wronger of renowme.
?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse iv. sig. G4v Learne not to bee a wronger; Of your word, was not your promise layed.
a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dd2v/2 Do not give thy selfe..so open vile, So great a wronger of thy worth, so low.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Wranglands (old Records), misgrown Trees that will never prove Timber, q.d. Wrongers of Land.
3. An error or mistake.
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1896 Afr. Critic 24 Oct. 514/2 I am sorry to have to accuse Reuter of another ‘wronger’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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