perjurer

English

Etymology

From perjure + -er.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpəɹdʒəɹəɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

perjurer (plural perjurers)

1. someone who has committed perjury by lying under oath
   • 1607, Henry Ainsworth, The confession of faith of certayn English people living in exile, in the Low countreyes:

     Here are none exempted or excluded, be they never so prophane or wretched, no Atheist, adulterer, thief, or murderer, no lyer, perjurer, Witch or conjurer, &c· al are one fellowship, one body, one Church.

   • 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:

     Come in, you false witness, you perjurer, you suborner of evidence, come in!

Synonyms

• false witness
• knight of the post

Derived terms

• perjuress

Translations

person who has lied under oath

• Bulgarian: лъжесвидетел m (lăžesvidetel)
• Czech: křivopřísežník m
• Finnish: valanrikkoja, valapatto (fi)
• French: parjure (fr) m or f
• German: Meineidige m or f
• Italian: spergiuro (it) m, spergiura (it) f
• Māori: kaioati teka
• Norwegian: løftebryter
• Old English: mānswara m
• Polish: krzywoprzysięzca (pl) m
• Russian: лжесвиде́тель (ru) m (lžesvidételʹ), кля́твопресту́пник (ru) m (kljátvoprestúpnik)
• Spanish: perjurador m, perjuradora (es) f
• Swedish: menedare (sv) c
• Turkish: yalancı şahit (tr)