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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRANSGRESSOR

n.One who breaks a law or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner. The way of transgressors is hard. Proverbs 13:15.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRANSGRESSOR

Trans *gress "or, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. transgresseur.]

 

Defn: One who transgresses; one who breaks a law, or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner. The way of transgressors is hard. Prov. xiii. 15.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

transgressor

transgressor noun grant these transgressors forgiveness: offender, miscreant, lawbreaker, criminal, villain, felon, malefactor, guilty party, culprit; sinner, evildoer; archaic trespasser, miscreant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

transgressor

transgressor noun a transgressor against human rights: offender, wrongdoer, culprit, lawbreaker, criminal, delinquent, villain, felon, reprobate, outlaw, malefactor, guilty party; sinner, trespasser, evil-doer; Law malfeasant, misfeasor; informal crook; archaic miscreant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

transgressor

trans gres sor /trænsɡrésə r |trænz -/名詞 C かたく (法律 )違反者 ; (宗教 道徳上の )罪人 .