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Webster 1913 Edition


Plagiarist

Pla′gia-rist

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Noun.
One who plagiarizes, or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary.

Webster 1828 Edition


Plagiarist

PLA'GIARIST

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Noun.
One that purloins the writings of another and puts them off as his own.

Definition 2024


plagiarist

plagiarist

English

Noun

plagiarist (plural plagiarists)

  1. One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief; a plagiary.

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  • plagiarist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • plagiarist in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911