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English
Etymology
From plagiary + -ist.
Pronunciation
Noun
plagiarist (plural plagiarists)
- One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief
- Synonym: plagiary
Translations
one who plagiarizes
- Belarusian: плагія́тар m (plahijátar), плагія́тарка (plahijátarka)
- Bulgarian: плагиат (bg) m (plagiat)
- Catalan: plagiari m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 剽竊者／剽窃者 (piāoqièzhě), 抄襲者／抄袭者 (zh) (chāoxízhě)
- Czech: plagiátor (cs) m, plagiátorka f
- Esperanto: plagiatisto
- Finnish: plagioija (fi)
- French: plagiaire (fr) m or f
- Georgian: პლაგიატორი (ka) (ṗlagiaṭori)
- German: Plagiator (de) m, Plagiatorin (de) f
- Greek: λογοκλόπος (el) m or f (logoklópos)
- Italian: plagiatore (it) m, plagiatrice f
- Occitan: plagiari (oc) m
- Polish: plagiator (pl) m, plagiatorka (pl) f
- Portuguese: plagiador (pt) m, plagiário (pt) m
- Russian: плагиа́тор (ru) m (plagiátor), плагиа́торша (ru) f (plagiátorša)
- Slovak: plagiátor m, plagiátorka f
- Spanish: plagiador (es) m, plagiario (es) m
- Swedish: fuskare (sv) c, plagiator (sv) c
- Telugu: ఛాయాచోరకవి (chāyācōrakavi)
- Turkish: intihalci
- Ukrainian: плагіа́тор m (plahiátor), плагіа́торка f (plahiátorka)
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Further reading
- “plagiarist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “plagiarist”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.