- maltreater
- noun see maltreat
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
maltreater
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maltreater — mæl trɪËtÉ™(r) n. abuser, one who treats improperly, one who handles roughly … English contemporary dictionary
maltreater — mal·treater … English syllables
maltreater — noun someone who abuses • Syn: ↑abuser • Derivationally related forms: ↑maltreat, ↑abuse (for: ↑abuser) • Hypernyms: ↑wrongdoer, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
maltreat — maltreater, n. maltreatment, n. /mal treet /, v.t. to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner. [1700 10; earlier maltrait < F maltraiter. See MAL , TREAT] Syn. mistreat, injure. * * * … Universalium
abuser — noun someone who abuses • Syn: ↑maltreater • Derivationally related forms: ↑maltreat (for: ↑maltreater), ↑abuse • Hypernyms: ↑wrongdoer, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
maltreat — transitive verb Etymology: part translation of French maltraiter, from Middle French, from mal + traiter to treat, from Old French traitier more at treat Date: 1708 to treat cruelly or roughly ; abuse • maltreater noun • maltreatment noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
victimiser — (Brit.) n. person who makes a victim out of another, abuser, maltreater (also victimizer) … English contemporary dictionary
victimisers — victimiser (Brit.) n. person who makes a victim out of another, abuser, maltreater (also victimizer) … English contemporary dictionary
victimizer — (Amer.) n. person who makes a victim out of another, abuser, maltreater (also victimiser) … English contemporary dictionary
victimizers — victimizer (Amer.) n. person who makes a victim out of another, abuser, maltreater (also victimiser) … English contemporary dictionary
