perjurer

Etymology

perjure +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpəɹdʒəɹəɹ/

Noun

perjurer (plural perjurers)

1. someone who has committed perjury by lying under oath
   • 1607: Henry Ainsworth, The confession of faith of certayn English people living in exile, in the Low countreyes

     Here are none exempted or excluded, be they never so prophane or wretched, no Atheist, adulterer, thief, or murderer, no lyer, perjurer, Witch or conjurer, &c· al are one fellowship, one body, one Church.

   • 1841: Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop

     Come in, you false witness, you perjurer, you suborner of evidence, come in!