embraceor

American

[em-brey-ser] / ɛmˈbreɪ sər /

noun

Law.

a person guilty of embracery.

embraceor British

/ ɪmˈbreɪsə /

noun

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 ) ( see embrace ²) + -eor < Latin -ātōr- -ator

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