aborter

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noun

One who or that which aborts.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounaborter (plural aborters)

plural aborters

  1. 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.

    1. 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 8

      Synonyms: abortee

  2. 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. 616

    Synonyms: abortionist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who has an abortion.

Similar

nounOne who performs an abortion.

Also see

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinab
  5. Latinab-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
  7. Proto-Italic*oriōr
  8. Latinorior
  9. Latinaborior
  10. Latinabortō
  11. Latinabortare
  12. Englishabort
  13. Englishaborter

From abort + -er.

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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

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