evildoer

[ee-vuh l-doo-er, ee-vuh l-doo-er]

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noun

a person who does evil or wrong.

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Origin of evildoer

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at evil, doer

Related formse·vil·do·ing, noun

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Examples from the Web for evildoer

Tell me your name, show that you are no evildoer, and after you have rested you may equip yourself and go your way.
The Red River Half-Breed|Gustave Aimard
But whose help can be implored by him, to whom the king himself acts as an evildoer?
The Gtakaml|rya Sra
And if He concerns Himself to thwart evil, what is this but manifesting Himself as the enemy of the evildoer?
Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon|Walter Adeney
There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that some one else is an evildoer.
The Book of This and That|Robert Lynd

Pierre still considered that it would be a useful and worthy action to slay the evildoer, but now he felt that he would not do it.
War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy

British Dictionary definitions for evildoer

evildoer

noun

a person who does evil

Derived Formsevildoing, noun

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