infringer

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ɪnˈfrɪndʒɚ/ UK /ɪnˈfrɪndʒə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who violates a law, right, or agreement

The court ordered the infringer to stop copying the design.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who violates a... violatortransgressortrespasser offendercontravener

Word family

Related forms infringe infringement infract infraction

Etymology

From infringe + -er, from Latin infringere ('to break, weaken'), from in- (intensive) + frangere ('to break').

infringere Latin frangere Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# infringer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈfrɪndʒɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈfrɪndʒə/

## Meanings
1. a person who violates a law, right, or agreement

## Examples
- The court ordered the infringer to stop copying the design.

## Synonyms
- violator
- transgressor
- trespasser
- offender
- contravener

## Related Forms
- infringe
- infringement
- infract
- infraction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: infringere
- Root: frangere

## Etymology
From infringe + -er, from Latin infringere ('to break, weaken'), from in- (intensive) + frangere ('to break').

## AI Etymology
infringer comes from infringe + -er, from Latin infringere ('to break, weaken'), from in- (intensive) + frangere ('to break'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "a person who violates a law, right, or agreement", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as infringe, infringement, infract, and infraction. Its semantic neighborhood includes violator, transgressor, trespasser, and offender, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin infringere and Latin frangere.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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