perjuressn.
/pəːdʒəˈrɛs/, /ˈpəːdʒ(ə)rᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpərdʒ(ə)rəs/ rare.
A female perjurer.
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manswareOE
false swearerc1380
mansworna1400
forswearer1413
perjurera1500
perjured1526
perjurea1540
post-knight1576
knight of the post1580
perjurator1689
mounter1781
stag1823
straw-shoe1826
subornee1890
perjuress1898
1898 Speaker 8 Oct. 432/2 A perjuress cannot be flogged, and no one at present proposes to flog her.
2001 RE: Dissection of that School Prayer by that Big, Tall, Short, Fat in alt.appalachian (Usenet newsgroup) 2 Sept. I guess we can call you a deceiver, culpable misspeaker,..perjuress, dealer in canards, and falsity monger.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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