Meanings
plural aborters
- One who or that which aborts.
1927, Infectious Abortion of Cattle, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1536, p. 6, Although cows which have aborted may conceive at the first service, it is often necessary to breed an aborter repeatedly before conception takes place.
- derogatoryOne who has an abortion.
[…] these findings are consistent with other studies which have shown that most aborters tend to be highly informed about contraceptives but failed to use them at the time they became pregnant.
1992, D. C. Reardon, chapter 1, in Life Stories, Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, page 8Synonyms: abortee
- rareOne who performs an abortion.
But when is one an accomplice? Is a thief the accomplice of his receiver, a briber the accomplice of the official he corrupts […] an abortee the accomplice of the aborter […]?
1963, Richard H. Kuh, “A Prosecutor Considers the Model Penal Code”, in Columbia Law Review, 63.4, p. 616Synonyms: abortionist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who has an abortion.
nounOne who performs an abortion.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
- Proto-Italic*oriōr
- Latinorior
- Latinaborior
- Latinabortō
- Latinabortare
- Englishabort
- Englishaborter
Translations
Finnish keskeyttäjä
- keskeyttäjäone who or that which aborts
Norwegian Bokmål abortør, abortlege
- abortørone who or that which aborts
- abortlegeone who or that which aborts
Polish aborter, aborcjonista
- aborterone who or that which aborts
- aborcjonistaone who or that which aborts
- aborcjonistkaone who or that which aborts
Portuguese abortador
- abortadorone who or that which aborts
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
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