English Explanatory Dictionary

malfeasor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wrongdoer.

Word forms

malfeasor malfeasors

Etymology

From Middle English malfesour, from Anglo-Norman malfesour, from Old French mal (“evil”) + fes-, stem of fere (“do, make”), from Latin faciō (“to do”). Compare malefactor, borrowed directly from Latin.

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