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malignants

malignants is the plural of malignant.

Meaning of malignant

Noun

malignant (plural malignants)

  1. A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.
    • As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants […]1823, The Retrospective Review, volume 7, page 11
  2. (derogatory, historical, obsolete) A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.

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Questions about malignants

What is malignants the plural of?
Malignants is the plural of malignant.

Words near malignants in the dictionary

  1. malignancy
  2. malignant
  3. malignant catarrhal fever
  4. malignant edema
  5. malignantly
  6. malignants
  7. malignation
  8. malignations
  9. maligne
  10. maligned
  11. maligner

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