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deforcer

deforcer noun: a deforciant.

Noun

deforcer (plural deforcers)

  1. (obsolete) A deforciant.
    • Sometime a writ of Right patent: as when it issueth out of any Lords court, for any of his tenents deforced, against the deforcer, and must be determined there1607, John Cowell, The Interpreter

Forms of deforcer

pluraldeforcers

Origin of deforcer

From deforce + -er.

Questions about deforcer

What does deforcer mean?
Deforcer means a deforciant.
What part of speech is deforcer?
Deforcer is a noun.
What is the plural of deforcer?
The plural of deforcer is deforcers.

Words near deforcer in the dictionary

  1. deforced
  2. deforcement
  3. deforcements
  4. deforceor
  5. deforceors
  6. deforcer
  7. deforcers
  8. deforces
  9. deforciant
  10. deforciants
  11. deforcing

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