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scelerats

scelerats is the plural of scelerat.

Meaning of scelerat

Noun

scelerat (plural scelerats)

  1. (obsolete) A criminal, a villain.
    • Hence it is, that Scelerats, can by no Arts, nor any Amuſements hovv violent ſoever, ſtifle the Cries of a vvounded Conſcience; […]1715, George Cheyne, “Of the Philosophical Principles of Reveal’d Religion. Corollary I.”, in Philosophical Principles of Religion: Natural and Revealed: […] Philosophical Principles of Religion....

Questions about scelerats

What is scelerats the plural of?
Scelerats is the plural of scelerat.

Words near scelerats in the dictionary

  1. sceince
  2. scelerat
  3. scelerate
  4. scelerates
  5. sceleratine
  6. scelerats
  7. scelerophobe
  8. scelerophobes
  9. scelerophobia
  10. scelerous
  11. scelestic

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