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