perjurer

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Canada/ˈpəɹdʒəɹəɹ/

noun

someone who has committed perjury by lying under oath

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounperjurer (plural perjurers)

plural perjurers

  1. someone who has committed perjury by lying under oath

    Come in, you false witness, you perjurer, you suborner of evidence, come in!

    1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC
    1 more example

    Here are none exempted or excluded, be they never so prophane or wretched, no Atheist, adulterer, thief, or murderer, no lyer, perjurer, Witch or conjurer, &c· al are one fellowship, one body, one Church.

    1607, Henry Ainsworth, The confession of faith of certayn English people living in exile, in the Low countreyes

    Synonyms: false witness, knight of the post

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who has committed perjury by lying under oath

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person who deliberately gives false testimony

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian лъжесвидетел
  • лъжесвидетел (lăžesvidetel)person who has lied under oath
Czech křivopřísežník
  • křivopřísežníkperson who has lied under oath
Finnish valanrikkoja, valapatto
  • valanrikkojaperson who has lied under oath
  • valapattoperson who has lied under oath
French parjure
  • parjureperson who has lied under oath
German Meineidige
  • Meineidigeperson who has lied under oath
Italian spergiuro, spergiura
  • spergiuroperson who has lied under oath
  • spergiuraperson who has lied under oath
Māori kaioati teka
  • kaioati tekaperson who has lied under oath
Norwegian løftebryter
  • løftebryterperson who has lied under oath
Polish krzywoprzysięzca
  • krzywoprzysięzcaperson who has lied under oath
Russian лжесвиде́тель, кля́твопресту́пник
  • лжесвиде́тель (lžesvidételʹ)person who has lied under oath
  • кля́твопресту́пник (kljátvoprestúpnik)person who has lied under oath
Spanish perjurador, perjuradora
  • perjuradorperson who has lied under oath
  • perjuradoraperson who has lied under oath
Swedish menedare
  • menedareperson who has lied under oath
Turkish yalancı şahit
  • yalancı şahitperson who has lied under oath
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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