tortfeasor

or tort-fea·sor

[tawrt-fee-zer, -zawr, -fee-]

noun Law.

a person who commits a tort.

Origin of tortfeasor

1650–60; < Anglo-French tortfesor wrongdoer (French tortfaiseur). See tort, feasance, -or²

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Word Origin and History for tortfeasor

n.

1650s, from Old French tortfesor, from tort "wrong, evil" (see tort) + -fesor "doer," from Latin facere "to make" (see factitious).

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