Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.

    Fälscher, Fälscherin

    фальсифика́торfalʹsifikátor, подде́лывательpoddélyvatelʹ, фальшивомоне́тчикfalʹšivomonétčik

  2. A person who forges metals.

    Schmied, Schmiedin

    кузне́цkuznéc, кова́льkoválʹ

    someone who operates a forge

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The sudden outflow of counterfeit notes from the bank alerted investigators to an expert forger on the inside.

    deDer plötzliche Zustrom gefälschter Banknoten aus der Bank machte die Ermittler auf einen erfahrenen Geldfälscher im Inneren aufmerksam.

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  2. Rumors spread that the forger had bribed the guards at the palisade with expertly faked coins, buying himself safe passage.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud; counterfeiter:
person who forges metals:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud; counterfeiter:
person who forges metals:

Origin

From Middle English forger, forgere, from Old French forgiere; equivalent to forge + -er.

From Middle English forger, forgere, from Old French forgiere; equivalent to forge + -er.

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Forms

plural: forgers
Singularforger
Pluralforgers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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