Definition of Plagiarist

1. Noun. Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own.


Definition of Plagiarist

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

Definition of Plagiarist

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

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Definition of Plagiarist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plagiarist

plagate
plage
plages
plagiarhythm
plagiarhythms
plagiaries
plagiarisation
plagiarise
plagiarised
plagiariser
plagiarisers
plagiarises
plagiarising
plagiarism
plagiarisms
plagiarist (current term)
plagiaristic
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plagiarization
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plagiarized
plagiarizer
plagiarizers
plagiarizes
plagiarizing
plagiary
plagihedral
plagio-
plagiocephalic
plagiocephalies

Literary usage of Plagiarist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1902)
"RAMSAY AS A plagiarist IN THE Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1899, is a review of Gordon's history of the American Revolution.1 ..."

2. The Bookman (1903)
""I do not say that Omar was a plagiarist, but I say this : Just as Voltaire, for instance, acquired most of his liberal and skeptical views from ..."

3. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"Menage expected to find that tranquillity in the country which he had frequently described in his verses : but as he was only a poetical plagiarist, ..."

4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"on the flags of welcome which greeted him at Dover, and in his turn the nun who placed the device there was a plagiarist The phrase is a familiar one in ..."

5. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1839)
"There appeared in the London Courier of September 15, 1810, an article signed STC, charging Scott with being a plagiarist, more especially from the works of ..."

6. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1902)
"RAMSAY AS A plagiarist IN THE Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1899, is a review of Gordon's history of the American Revolution.1 ..."

7. The Bookman (1903)
""I do not say that Omar was a plagiarist, but I say this : Just as Voltaire, for instance, acquired most of his liberal and skeptical views from ..."

8. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"Menage expected to find that tranquillity in the country which he had frequently described in his verses : but as he was only a poetical plagiarist, ..."

9. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"on the flags of welcome which greeted him at Dover, and in his turn the nun who placed the device there was a plagiarist The phrase is a familiar one in ..."

10. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1839)
"There appeared in the London Courier of September 15, 1810, an article signed STC, charging Scott with being a plagiarist, more especially from the works of ..."

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