"aborter" meaning in English

See aborter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: aborters [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English abort Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English aborter From abort + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|abort|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English abort Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English aborter [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "aborter", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="aborter"> From abort + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} aborter (plural aborters)
  1. One who or that which aborts.
    Sense id: en-aborter-en-noun-BgVD7jQ~ Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 32 32 37 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 32 32 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 26 26 31 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 29 32 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 33 33 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 33 35
  2. One who or that which aborts.
    (derogatory) One who has an abortion.
    Tags: derogatory Synonyms (one who has an abortion): abortee
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  3. (rare) One who performs an abortion. Tags: rare Synonyms (one who performs an abortion): abortionist
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: habitual aborter, recurrent aborter Related terms: abortee, abortion Translations (one who or that which aborts): abortør [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), abortlege [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), aborter [masculine] (Polish), aborcjonista [masculine] (Polish), aborcjonistka [feminine] (Polish), abortador [masculine] (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'one who or that which aborts': 46 46 7

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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "en:Abortion"
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      "word": "habitual aborter"
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      "word": "recurrent aborter"
    }
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    {
      "form": "aborters",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "abortee"
    },
    {
      "word": "abortion"
    }
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1927, Infectious Abortion of Cattle, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1536, p. 6,\nAlthough cows which have aborted may conceive at the first service, it is often necessary to breed an aborter repeatedly before conception takes place."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who or that which aborts."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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          "ref": "1992, D. C. Reardon, chapter 1, in Life Stories, Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, page 8:",
          "text": "[…] these findings are consistent with other studies which have shown that most aborters tend to be highly informed about contraceptives but failed to use them at the time they became pregnant.",
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        "One who or that which aborts.",
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        "One who or that which aborts.",
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    },
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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          "ref": "1963, Richard H. Kuh, “A Prosecutor Considers the Model Penal Code”, in Columbia Law Review, 63.4, p. 616:",
          "text": "But when is one an accomplice? Is a thief the accomplice of his receiver, a briber the accomplice of the official he corrupts […] an abortee the accomplice of the aborter […]?",
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        "One who performs an abortion."
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      "sense": "one who has an abortion",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "one who performs an abortion",
      "word": "abortionist"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "one who or that which aborts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abortør"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "one who or that which aborts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abortlege"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "one who or that which aborts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aborter"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "one who or that which aborts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aborcjonista"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "one who or that which aborts",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aborcjonistka"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "one who or that which aborts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abortador"
    }
  ],
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}

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