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malefactour

malefactour is the obsolete form of malefactor.

Meaning of malefactor

Noun

malefactor (plural malefactors)

  1. A criminal or felon.
  2. An evildoer.
    • ‘Pull yourself together, Bradshaw,’ said the lawyer. ‘This suspense, I know, is telling upon all of you; but it is now our intention to make an end of it. Poole, here, and I are going to force our way into the cabinet. If all is well, my shoulders are broad enough to bear the blame. Meanwhile, lest...1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Last Night”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 80

Forms of malefactour

pluralmalefactours

Questions about malefactour

What is malefactour the obsolete form of?
Malefactour is the obsolete form of malefactor.

Words near malefactour in the dictionary

  1. malefactives
  2. malefactivity
  3. malefactor
  4. malefactors
  5. malefactory
  6. malefactour
  7. malefactours
  8. malefactress
  9. malefactresses
  10. malefacture
  11. malefactures

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