abuser

From abuse +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbjuː.zə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbju.zɚ/

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• Rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)

abuser (plural abusers)

1. One who abuses someone or something. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[1]

   drug abuser

   cocaine abuser

   child abuser

   abuser of my generosity

2. (obsolete) One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use. [Attested from the mid 17^th century until the mid 18^th century.]^[1]

• → Russian: абью́зер (abʹjúzer)

• bursæ, bauers, bursae, Subera, Abreus, Sauber, Breaus

From abus +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /a.by.ze/

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abuser

1. to mislead
2. to take advantage [with de ‘of’] (especially sexually)
3. to abuse (use improperly)
4. (intransitive, slang) to go too far

   Synonym: exagérer

   Mec, t’abuses, ça fait au moins trente minutes que je t’attends ! ― Dude, you're taking advantage, it's been at least thirty minutes I've been waiting for you!

• “abuser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• abûther (Saint Ouën)

From Latin abūsus (“consumed, wasted, misused”) +‎ -er.

• (Jersey) IPA^(key): /abyːze/

abuser

1. (Jersey) to abuse

• Spence, N.C.W. (1960). Glossary of Jersey-French. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 40.