misdemeanant
misdemeanant noun: someone convicted of a misdemeanor.
Noun
misdemeanant (plural misdemeanants)
- Someone convicted of a misdemeanor.
- Someone guilty of misconduct; a wrongdoer.
- How much more rational, and probably equally deterrent, it would be to mulct a wilful misdemeanant in work-coupons than to shut him up in a dark room!1921, Montagu Lomax, The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor, London: Allen & Unwin, page 114
misdemeanant meaning in Tamil and Bengali
misdemeanant in Tamil
- குற்றக்கைதி, தவறான நடத்தையுடையவராகத தண்டிக்கப்பட்டவர், குற்றவாளி, நெறிதவறிய குற்றஞ் செய்பவர்
misdemeanant in Bengali
- লঘু অপরাধে দণ্ডিত ব্যক্তি, অসদাচরণে দোষী কোনো ব্যক্তি, একজন অন্যায়কারী
Forms of misdemeanant
| plural | misdemeanants |
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Origin of misdemeanant
From misdemean + -ant.
Questions about misdemeanant
- What does misdemeanant mean?
- Misdemeanant means someone convicted of a misdemeanor.
- What is misdemeanant in Tamil?
- Misdemeanant in Tamil is குற்றக்கைதி, தவறான நடத்தையுடையவராகத தண்டிக்கப்பட்டவர், குற்றவாளி. See Misdemeanant meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is misdemeanant?
- Misdemeanant is a noun.
- What is the plural of misdemeanant?
- The plural of misdemeanant is misdemeanants.
Words near misdemeanant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: misdemeanant (page history and authors); misdemeanant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misdemeanant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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