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embraceor

[em-brey-ser]

noun

Law.

  1. a person guilty of embracery.

embraceor

/ ɪˈɪə /

noun

  1. criminal law a person guilty of embracery

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of embraceor1

1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French; Middle French embraseor instigator, equivalent to embras ( er ) ( embrace 2 ) + -eor < Latin -ō- -ator
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Word History and Origins

Origin of embraceor1

C15: from Old French embraseor, from embraser to instigate, literally: to set on fire, from braser to burn, from brese live coals

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