"defiler" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈfaɪlə(ɹ)/ Forms: defilers [plural]
Etymology: From defile + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|defile|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From defile + -er., {{ety|en|:af|defile|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English defile 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 defiler From defile + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} defiler (plural defilers)
  1. one who defiles.

Inflected forms

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