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Grammar : Noun
Spell : trans-gres, tranz-
Phonetic Transcription : trænsˈgrɛs, trænz-



Definition of transgressor

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Anglo-French transgressour, Old French transgressor, and directly from Latin transgressor, agent noun from transgredi (see transgression).
  • As in offender : noun perpetrator
  • As in malefactor : noun criminal
  • As in sinner : noun wrongdoer
  • As in trespasser : noun offender
  • As in trespasser : noun encroacher
  • As in wrongdoer : noun lawbreaker
  • As in criminal : noun person who breaks the law
  • As in culprit : noun person responsible for wrongdoing
Example sentences :
  • It was a good thing that from any cause the transgressor should find his ways hard.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Now and then the way of the transgressor is disgustingly pleasant.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It looks, too, as if 'the way of the transgressor' were a darned hard way.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • "The way of the transgressor is hard," he whispered in a tone too low for Hodden to hear.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • "'The way of the transgressor is hard,'" murmured the minister to himself.
  • Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
  • He was beginning to realize that the way of the transgressor is hard.
  • Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
  • It must be impartial, and be inflicted therefore on every transgressor.
  • Extract from : « The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern » by Knowles King
  • The way of the foolish is sometimes as hard as that of the transgressor.
  • Extract from : « Forest Neighbors » by William Davenport Hulbert
  • The way of the transgressor is likely to be strewnwith surprises.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various
  • Keeper (who, unobserved, has been watching the transgressor).
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 » by Various

Synonyms for transgressor

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