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embraceor

American  
[em-brey-ser] / ɛmˈbreɪ sər /

noun

Law.

  1. a person guilty of embracery.

embraceor British  
/ ɪmˈbreɪsə /

noun

  1. criminal law a person guilty of embracery

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Etymology

Origin of embraceor

1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French; Middle French embraseor instigator, equivalent to embras ( er ) ( embrace 2 ) + -eor < Latin -ātōr- -ator

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