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Webster 1913 Edition


Corrupter

Cor-rupt′er

(k?r-r?p′t?r)
,
Noun.
One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints;
as, a
corrupter
of morals
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Corrupter

CORRUPTER

,
Noun.
1.
One who corrupts; one who vitiates, or taints; as a corrupter of morals, or of Christianity.
2.
One who bribes; that which depraves or destroys integrity.
3.
One who introduces errors.

Definition 2024


corrupter

corrupter

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Noun

corrupter (plural corrupters)

  1. Agent noun of corrupt; one who corrupts.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
      Can love, which always seeks the good of its object, attempt to betray a woman into a bargain where she is so greatly to be the loser? If such corrupter, therefore, should have the impudence to pretend a real affection for her, ought not the woman to regard him [] as the worst of all enemies [] ?