embraceor

[em-brey-ser]

noun

Law.

1. a person guilty of embracery.

embraceor

/ ɪmˈbreɪsə /

noun

1. criminal law a person guilty of embracery

Word History and Origins

Origin of embraceor¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of embraceor¹

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