evildoer

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See also: evil-doer

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From Middle English yvel doer; equivalent to evil +‎ doer.

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evildoer (plural evildoers)

  1. A person who performs evil acts.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Psalms 37:1:
      Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
      "But gallantly they fought. Oh Hiya! they fought like very men, and slew many, and held their own, and then I came and saved them, and the evildoers have I sent on hither to Kôr to be judged of thy greatness, oh She! and here they are."
    • 1944, H. Lorna Bingham, Tuckonie's Warrior Friend, page 29, column 2:
      "Come out, Noongah, you evil doer! It is I, Gulunna the warrior, returned!"

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