embraceor

[ em-brey-ser ]

nounLaw.
  1. a person guilty of embracery.

Origin of embraceor

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Anglo-French; Middle French embraseor instigator, equivalent to embras(er) (see embrace2) + -eor<Latin -ātōr--ator

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British Dictionary definitions for embraceor

embraceor

embracer

/ (ɪmˈbreɪsə) /


noun
  1. criminal law a person guilty of embracery

Origin of embraceor

1
C15: from Old French embraseor, from embraser to instigate, literally: to set on fire, from braser to burn, from brese live coals

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