aborter

abort +‎ -er

aborter (plural aborters)

1. One who or that which aborts.
   • 1927, Infectious Abortion of Cattle, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1536, p. 6,

     Although cows which have aborted may conceive at the first service, it is often necessary to breed an aborter repeatedly before conception takes place.

   1. (derogatory) One who has an abortion.
      • 1992, D. C. Reardon, chapter 1, in Life Stories‎, Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, page 8:

        […] these findings are consistent with other studies which have shown that most aborters tend to be highly informed about contraceptives but failed to use them at the time they became pregnant.

2. (rare) One who performs an abortion.
   • 1963, Richard H. Kuh, “A Prosecutor Considers the Model Penal Code”, in Columbia Law Review‎, 63.4, p. 616:

     But when is one an accomplice? Is a thief the accomplice of his receiver, a briber the accomplice of the official he corrupts […] an abortee the accomplice of the aborter […] ?

• (one who has an abortion): abortee
• (one who performs an abortion): abortionist

• habitual aborter
• recurrent aborter

• abortee
• abortion

• Barreto, Roberta, arboret, taborer

• (noun): IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʈər/, /aˈbɔʁtər/
• (verb): IPA^(key): /abɔˈʈeːr/, /abɔʁˈteːr/
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• Rhymes: -ər, -eːr
• Hyphenation: ab‧ort‧er

aborter m

1. indefinite plural of abort

aborter

1. imperative of abortere

• abroter, arboret, borater, trebora

Borrowed from English aborter. First attested in 1978.[1]

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɔr.tɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrtɛr
• Syllabification: a‧bor‧ter

aborter m pers (female equivalent aborterka)

1. (medicine) aborter (person performing a medical abortion)

   Synonyms: aborcjonista, aborcjonistka

• aborter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aborter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

aborter

1. indefinite plural of abort