desecrater

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A form of desecrator — A person who profanes or violates the sacredness or sanctity of something.

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Meanings

noundesecrater (plural desecraters)

plural desecraters

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of desecrator.

    They would again send fifty men out into the valley to find and capture this desecrater of their temple.

    1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 210
    1 more example

    […] as if Nature denied her consolation to man, the desecrater of the forest temples she reared for his protection […]

    1882, Harper's Magazine

Origin

From desecrate + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

desecrater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desecrater

MLA

“desecrater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desecrater. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desecrater,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desecrater.

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