maltreatern.
/malˈtriːtə/, U.S. /mælˈtritər/ A person who maltreats or ill-uses someone or something.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [noun] > person
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [noun] > one who ill-treats
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1902 O. Wister Virginian iv. 57 A maltreater of hawsses [= horses].
1906 B. von Hutten What became of Pam i. ii Tyrants,..drunkards, maltreaters [of women].
1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate iii. 55 Much as the timid spinsters of the old days, while abroad, would be moved to violence against the maltreater of the donkey.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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