Synonyms for perjurer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pur-jer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr dʒər

Top 10 synonyms for perjurer Other synonyms for the word perjurer

Définition of perjurer

Origin :
  • mid-15c. "swear falsely" (implied in perjured; late 13c. in Anglo-French), from Old French parjurer "to break one's word, renege on a promise" (11c.), from Latin periurare "to swear falsely, break one's oath" (see perjury). Reflexive sense is from 18c.
  • noun liar
Example sentences :
  • "You speak with marvellous accuracy, Master Lawson," returned the perjurer.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • Not to believe Him is to make Him both a liar and a perjurer.
  • Extract from : « George Muller of Bristol » by Arthur T. Pierson
  • Harold had been branded a perjurer for abjuring a forced oath.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Norwich Castle » by Matilda Maria Blake
  • Guido swooned and awoke in his cell, an assassin, a thief, a perjurer.
  • Extract from : « Very Woman » by Remy de Gourmont
  • You will there find seated a God who is merciless to the perjurer.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion » by Eugne Sue
  • Later history will write against his name, "deceiver, perjurer and bigamist."
  • Extract from : « Garrick's Pupil » by Auguston Filon
  • He had to punish the perjurer, to avenge the wrongs of the saints.
  • Extract from : « William the Conqueror » by Edward Augustus Freeman
  • His work would not have been done, if another had stepped in to chastise the perjurer.
  • Extract from : « William the Conqueror » by Edward Augustus Freeman
  • Glabrio denounced Cato as a perjurer, but yet retired from his candidature.
  • Extract from : « Cato Maior de Senectute » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • The jury had stamped his story as a lie and stigmatized him, by their action, as a perjurer.
  • Extract from : « Courts and Criminals » by Arthur Train
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