Dictionary

perjurer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpəɹdʒəɹəɹ/ (Canada)

Etymology

From perjure + -er.

Meanings

1. someone who has committed perjury by lying under oath
   • Here are none exempted or excluded, be they never so prophane or wretched, no Atheist, adulterer, thief, or murderer, no lyer, perjurer, Witch or conjurer, &c· al are one fellowship, one body, one Church. 1607, Henry Ainsworth, The confession of faith of certayn English people living in exile, in the Low countreyes:
   • Come in, you false witness, you perjurer, you suborner of evidence, come in! 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

perjuress

Synonyms

knight of the post · false witness

Translations (18)

de Meineidige (person who has lied under oath) · fi valapatto (person who has lied under oath) · bg лъжесвидетел (person who has lied under oath) · pl krzywoprzysięzca (person who has lied under oath) · sv menedare (person who has lied under oath) · fr parjure (person who has lied under oath) · es perjuradora (person who has lied under oath) · ru лжесвиде́тель (person who has lied under oath) · it spergiuro (person who has lied under oath) · ru кля́твопресту́пник (person who has lied under oath) · no løftebryter (person who has lied under oath) · fi valanrikkoja (person who has lied under oath) · it spergiura (person who has lied under oath) · es perjurador (person who has lied under oath) · cs křivopřísežník (person who has lied under oath) · ang mānswara (person who has lied under oath) · mi kaioati teka (person who has lied under oath) · tr yalancı şahit (person who has lied under oath)