offender

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.

   Almost all down trains are late, however; the empty wagon trains are probably the worst offenders and one or two hours' late running by them is not unusual.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who transgresses moral or civil law

3. 3
   noun

   A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

Etymology

From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er.