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tortfeasor

or tort-fea·sor

[ tawrt-fee-zer, -zawr, -fee- ]

noun

, Law.
  1. a person who commits a tort.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tortfeasor1

1650–60; < Anglo-French tortfesor wrongdoer ( French tortfaiseur ). See tort, feasance, -or 2

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