English Explanatory Dictionary

Javert

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who remorselessly pursues a perceived wrongdoer.

Word forms

Javert Javerts

Etymology

From Javert, a police inspector in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables.

Related words

Javertian
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