abuser en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈbju.zɚ/ (US)
- /əˈbjuː.zə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English abuse 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 abuser From abuse + -er.
Meanings
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One who abuses someone or something.
Ordinary people have already been face-swapped into videos for humorous or prank purposes and there is no reason to believe that abusers, harassers, stalkers, and blackmailers will not soon be face-swapping victims into compromising video as part of their arsenal.
2018 April, Larry Zimmerman, “Cheap and Easily Manipulated Video”, in The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, Topeka, Kan.: Kansas Bar Association, →ISSN, page 21:cocaine abuser
abuser of my generosity
drug abuser
[The person] who was going to visit her with his wife had a physical resemblance to the abuser, so some of her inside children had a strong reaction of fear and revulsion to him. They were afraid to look at the face of the guest in case he was the abuser.
2014, Alison Miller, Becoming Yourself: Overcoming Mind Control and Ritual Abuse, Karnac Books, →ISBN, page 185:child abuser
Child sexual abusers are highly manipulative in their befriending of parents and children and are able to deceive all types of family.
2006, Christiane Sanderson, Counselling Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, page 17:
- (obsolete) One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| abusers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
self-abuser · nonabuser · drug abuser · solvent abuser · coabuser · polyabuser · child abuser
Descendants
Translations (9)
it abusatrice (one who abuses a person) · fi ongelmakäyttäjä (substance abuser) · fi pahoinpitelijä (one who abuses a person) · it abusatore (one who abuses a person) · it abusante (one who abuses a person) · pdt Jewaulteewa (one who abuses a person) · fi hyväksikäyttäjä (one who abuses a person) · fi hyväksikäyttäjä (sexual abuser) · sv missbrukare (substance abuser)