Definitions for malefactor
ˈmæl əˌfæk tərmale·fac·tor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactornoun

   someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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1. Malefactornoun

   One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal. Opposite of benefactor. H. Brooke. Fuller.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malefactornoun

   A criminal or felon.

2. malefactornoun

   An evildoer.

3. Etymology: male + facere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Malefactornoun

   An offender against law; a criminal; a guilty person.

   Etymology: male and facio, Latin.

   A jaylor to bring forth
   Some monstrous malefactor. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   Fear his word,
   As much as malefactors do your sword. Wentworth Dillon.

   It is a sad thing when men shall repair to the ministry, not for preferment but refuge; like malefactors flying to the altar, only to save their lives. Robert South, Sermons.

   If their barking dog disturb her ease,
   Th’ unmanner’d malefactor is arraign’d. John Dryden, Juv.

   The malefactor goat was laid
   On Bacchus’ altar, and his forfeit paid. Dryden.

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1. malefactor

   A malefactor is a person who does harm or commits wrongful or criminal acts or deeds; a wrongdoer or evil-doer.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Malefactornoun

   an evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal

2. Malefactornoun

   one who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal

3. Etymology: [L., fr. malefacere to do evil; male ill, evil + facere to do. See Malice, and Fact.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Malefactor

   mal′e-fak-tur, or mal-e-fak′tur, n. an evil-doer: a criminal.—n. Malefac′tion (Shak.), a crime, an offence.—adj. Malef′ic, doing mischief: producing evil.—adv. Malef′ically.—v.t. Malef′icate, to bewitch.—ns. Mal′efice (obs.), an evil deed: enchantment; Malef′icence, the character of being maleficent.—adjs. Malef′icent, Malefic′ient. [L., male, badly, facĕre, to do.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of malefactor in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of malefactor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of malefactor in a Sentence

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson, …Journal, 1860:

   The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal obstruction and nuisance with which we have to contend… The cheat and bully and malefactor we meet everywhere is the Government.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=malefactor
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=malefactor
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malefactor
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=malefactor
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malefactor
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=malefactor