perjurer

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• perjurer — per·jur·er / pər jər ər/ n: a person guilty of perjury Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. perjurer …   Law dictionary

• Perjurer — Per jur*er, n. One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• perjurer — noun /ˈpərdʒərər/ 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… …   Wiktionary

• perjurer — perjure ► VERB (perjure oneself) Law ▪ commit perjury. DERIVATIVES perjurer noun. ORIGIN Latin perjurare swear falsely …   English terms dictionary

• perjurer — noun Date: 15th century a person guilty of perjury …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• perjurer — See perjure. * * * …   Universalium

• perjurer — Synonyms and related words: Ananias, Baron Munchausen, Father of Lies, Satan, Sir John Mandeville, consummate liar, dirty liar, equivocator, fabricator, fabulist, false witness, falsifier, fibber, fibster, habitual liar, liar, mythomaniac,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• perjurer — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prevaricator, falsifier, deceiver; see liar . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Law. One who tells lies: fabricator, fabulist, falsifier, fibber, liar, prevaricator. Informal: storyteller. See TRUE …   English dictionary for students

• perjurer — per·jur·er || pÉœrdÊ’É™rÉ™(r) / pɜːd n. one who lies under oath, one who provides false testimony …   English contemporary dictionary

• perjurer — noun (C) someone who tells a lie after promising to tell the truth in a court of law …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• perjurer — n fprswearer, false witness; liar, prevaricator, falsifier, fibber …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder