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embraceor

[em-brey-ser]

noun Law.

a person guilty of embracery.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French; Middle French embraseor instigator, equivalent to embras(er) (see embrace²) + -eor < Latin -ātōr- -ator

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embraceor or embracer (ɪmˈbreɪsə)

—n
	criminal law a person guilty of embracery

[C15: from Old French embraseor, from embraser to instigate, literally: to set on fire, from braser to burn, from brese live coals]

embracer or embracer

—n

[C15: from Old French embraseor, from embraser to instigate, literally: to set on fire, from braser to burn, from brese live coals]

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