Abortionist Definition

ə-bôrshə-nĭst
abortionists
noun
A person who performs an abortion, esp. illegally.
Webster's New World
One who performs abortions.
American Heritage Medicine

(now often historical) One who performs an illegal abortion in a non-medical setting (a back street, a hotel room, etc).

Wiktionary

(chiefly in anti-abortion discourse, pejorative) An abortion provider; one who performs a legal abortion.

Wiktionary
(in anti-abortion discourse, offensive) One who favors abortion being legal. [since the late 19th century]
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Other Word Forms of Abortionist

Noun

Singular:
abortionist
Plural:
abortionists

Origin of Abortionist

  • abortion +‎ -ist. First attested in 1872.

    From Wiktionary

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