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misdemeanant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-de-meanant
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone convicted of a misdemeanor.

American usage

noun

Someone guilty of misconduct; a wrongdoer.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English misdemean Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English misdemeanant From misdemean + -ant.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

misdemeanants (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

felon misdemeanor misdemeanorize

Questions

What does misdemeanant mean?
Someone convicted of a misdemeanor.
Where does misdemeanant come from?
Etymology tree English misdemean Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English misdemeanant From misdemean + -ant.

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