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pardoner

noun
/ˈpɑɹdənə/CA

Etymology

From pardon + -er.

  1. derived from perdonare
  2. derived from pardoner
  3. inherited from pardonen
  4. formed as pardoner — “pardon + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who pardons.

  2. In medieval Catholicism, a person licensed to grant papal pardons or indulgences.

    • […] old men, cheated by their wives and daughters, pillaged by their sons, and imposed on by their domestics, a braggadocia captain, a knavish pardoner or quaestionary, a country bumpkin and a wanton city dame.

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