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Webster 1913 Edition

Pardoner

Par′don-er

,

Noun.

1.

One who pardons.

Shak.

2.

A seller of indulgences.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pardoner

P`ARDONER

,

Noun.

One that forgives; one that absolves an offender.

1.

One that sells the pope's indulgences.