Dictionary

aborter en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English abort Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English aborter From abort + -er.

Meanings

1. One who or that which aborts.
   • 1927, Infectious Abortion of Cattle, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1536, p. 6, Although cows which have aborted may conceive at the first service, it is often necessary to breed an aborter repeatedly before conception takes place.
2. (derogatory) One who or that which aborts. ▸ One who has an abortion.
   • […] these findings are consistent with other studies which have shown that most aborters tend to be highly informed about contraceptives but failed to use them at the time they became pregnant. 1992, D. C. Reardon, chapter 1, in Life Stories, Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, page 8:
3. (rare) One who performs an abortion.
   • But when is one an accomplice? Is a thief the accomplice of his receiver, a briber the accomplice of the official he corrupts […] an abortee the accomplice of the aborter […]? 1963, Richard H. Kuh, “A Prosecutor Considers the Model Penal Code”, in Columbia Law Review, 63.4, p. 616:

Forms

Deriveds

habitual aborter · recurrent aborter

Relateds

abortee · abortion

Synonyms

abortionist (one who performs an abortion) · abortee (one who has an abortion)

Translations (6)

nb abortlege (one who or that which aborts) · pl aborcjonista (one who or that which aborts) · pl aborter (one who or that which aborts) · pt abortador (one who or that which aborts) · pl aborcjonistka (one who or that which aborts) · nb abortør (one who or that which aborts)