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noun
a person convicted of an offense of law for the first time.
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Origin of first offender

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby first offender

First Nations, first night, firstnighter, first of all, first off, first offender, first officer, first-order, first papers, first-past-the-post, First Peoples
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Words related to first offender

delinquent, gangster, hoodlum, hooligan, troublemaker, criminal, gangbanger, goon, hood, punk, rowdy, ruffian, thug, youthful offender

British Dictionary definitions for first offender

first offender
noun
a person convicted of any criminal offence for the first time
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