"transgressour" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /transˈɡrɛsur/ Forms: transgressours [plural], transgresor [alternative], transgressor [alternative], transgressoure [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman transgressour, from Latin transgressor. Compare transgressioun. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|transgressour}} Anglo-Norman transgressour, {{der|enm|la|transgressor}} Latin transgressor Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} transgressour, {{enm-noun}} transgressour (plural transgressours), {{tlb|enm|mostly|Late ME}} (chiefly Late Middle English)
  1. A sinner; an evildoer. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-transgressour-enm-noun-cg0niosI Categories (other): Ethics Disambiguation of Ethics: 50 50
  2. A criminal; a lawbreaker. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-transgressour-enm-noun-SR1kNnq0 Categories (other): Ethics, People Disambiguation of Ethics: 50 50 Disambiguation of People: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Crime Disambiguation of Crime: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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