"crucifier" meaning in Middle English

See crucifier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkriu̯sifiːər(ə)/, /ˈkrusifiːər(ə)/ Forms: crucifiers [plural], crucyfiour [alternative], crucyfyer [alternative]
Etymology: From crucifien + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns); compare Old French crucefieor. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|crucifien|-ere|id2=agentive|pos2=suffix forming agent nouns}} crucifien + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns), {{noncog|fro|crucefieor}} Old French crucefieor Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} crucifier, {{enm-noun}} crucifier (plural crucifiers), {{tlb|enm|Late ME}} (Late Middle English)
  1. One who crucifies. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-crucifier-enm-noun-fFPW9H~O Categories (other): Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 40 16 4 Disambiguation of People: 100 0
  2. (figurative) An enemy of Christianity. Tags: Late-Middle-English, figuratively
    Sense id: en-crucifier-enm-noun-ZVSSeEX8 Categories (other): Christianity, Death Disambiguation of Christianity: 1 99 Disambiguation of Death: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Crime Disambiguation of Crime: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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