"perjurer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpəɹdʒəɹəɹ/ [Canada] Forms: perjurers [plural]
Etymology: From perjure + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|perjure|er}} perjure + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} perjurer (plural perjurers)
  1. someone who has committed perjury by lying under oath Categories (topical): People Synonyms: false witness, knight of the post Translations (Someone who has lied under oath): лъжесвидетел (lǎžesvidetel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), křivopřísežník [masculine] (Czech), valapatto (Finnish), parjure [feminine, masculine] (French), Meineidige [feminine, masculine] (German), spergiuro [masculine] (Italian), spergiura [feminine] (Italian), kaioati teka (Maori), løftebryter (Norwegian), mānswara [masculine] (Old English), лжесвиде́тель (lžesvidételʹ) [masculine] (Russian), кля́твопресту́пник (kljátvoprestúpnik) [masculine] (Russian), perjurador [masculine] (Spanish), perjuradora [feminine] (Spanish), menedare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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