malfeasor

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noun

A wrongdoer.

OriginMiddle English malfesour ← Anglo-Norman malfesour ← Old French mal →
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Meanings

nounmalfeasor (plural malfeasors)

plural malfeasors

  1. A wrongdoer.

Origin

  1. Latinfaciō“to do”
  2. Old Frenchmal“evil”
  3. Anglo-Normanmalfesour
  4. Middle Englishmalfesour
  5. Englishmalfeasor

From Middle English malfesour, from Anglo-Norman malfesour, from Old French mal (“evil”) + fes-, stem of fere (“do, make”), from Latin faciō (“to do”). Compare malefactor, borrowed directly from Latin.

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

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Chicago

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