"extortioner" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-extortioner.wav [US] Forms: extortioners [plural]
Etymology: From extortion + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|extortion|-er<id:occupation>|text=+|tree=1}} From extortion + -er., {{ety|en|:af|extortion|-er<id:occupation>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *torkʷ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *torkʷejō Proto-Italic *torkʷeō Latin torqueō Latin extorqueō Late Latin extortiōbor. Middle English extorcion English extortion Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English extortioner From extortion + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} extortioner (plural extortioners)
  1. Someone who extorts; an extortionist. Synonyms: extorter

Inflected forms

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