"malfeasor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: malfeasors [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English malfesour, from Anglo-Norman malfesour, from Old French mal (“evil”) + fes-, stem of fere (“do, make”), from Latin faciō (“I do”). Compare malefactor, borrowed directly from Latin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|malfesour}} Middle English malfesour, {{der|en|xno|malfesour}} Anglo-Norman malfesour, {{der|en|fro|mal||evil}} Old French mal (“evil”), {{lang|fro|fes-}} fes-, {{der|en|la|faciō||I do}} Latin faciō (“I do”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} malfeasor (plural malfeasors)
  1. A wrongdoer.
    Sense id: en-malfeasor-en-noun-r3hdzxeq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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