abortionist
abortionist · abortionists
A person who performs abortions, especially illegally or secretlyA person who performs abortions, especially illegally or secretly.
US/əˈbɔɹ.ʃə.nɪst/
Translations
5 languagesDeutsch
person who performs abortions — see also angel maker:
person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion:
Meaning
2 senses(offensive, sometimes)A person who performs abortions, especially illegally or secretly.
Abtreiber, Abtreiberin, Abtreibungsarzt
(derogatory)A person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abortionist.
Abtreibungsbefürworter, Abtreibungsbefürworterin
More definitions
- a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
Forms
plural: abortionists| Singular | abortionist |
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Word family
3 related wordsDerivedantiabortionist
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.