transgressor

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun transgressor has 1 sense

transgressor(n = noun.person) Array - someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command; "the way of transgressors is hard"

is a kind of

offender

wrongdoer

Derived form verb transgress₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

transgressor, n. [L.: cf. F. transgresseur.].

One who transgresses; one who breaks a law, or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner. [1913 Webster]

"The way of transgressors is hard." [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

transgressor

bad person, criminal, crook, culprit, deceiver, delinquent, evil man, evil person, evildoer, felon, gangster, lawbreaker, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, miscreant, misdemeanant, misdemeanist, misfeasor, mobster, offender, outlaw, public enemy, racketeer, sinner, thief, trespasser, villain, worker of ill, wrongdoer

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