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单词 perjuror
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perjurorn.

Brit. /ˈpəːdʒ(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈpərdʒərər/
Forms: 1500s periurer, 1500s periurour, 1500s– perjuror.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perjure v., -or suffix.
Etymology: < perjure v. + -or suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman parjurour (mid 13th cent. or earlier) and Old French or Middle French perjureor (13th or 14th cent.). Compare earlier perjurer n.
A person who commits or has committed perjury.
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1553 in tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obedientia: Oration (new ed.) Pref. Transl. sig. Aiijv Couetous catchers, doublefaced periurours [1553 STC 11585-6 periurers].
1689 T. Plunket Plain Dealing with Treacherous Dealers in Char. Good Commander 55 False Jury-men, Perjurors, Perjurators, Have at the Court, found potent animators.
1717 C. Bullock Per-juror ii. 9 I rais'd him first from a common Evidence, and ordinary Perjuror, and paltry Informer, to a petty Constable.
1864 C. Mackay Stud. from Antique 63 And vows, unwitting perjuror! to sail the seas no more.
1912 Catholic Encycl. XIV. 692/1 More..denounced Rich, the solicitor-general and chief witness against him, as a perjuror.
1972 Times 26 Oct. 1/4 If the prosecution case had succeeded then I would have been branded a liar and a perjuror.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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