first offender
noun
a person convicted of an offense of law for the first time.
Words nearby first offender
first name, first nation, first night, first of all, first off, first offender, first officer, first papers, first peoples, first person, first point of aries
Origin of first offender
First recorded in 1840–50
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British Dictionary definitions for first offender
first offender
noun
a person convicted of any criminal offence for the first time
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