Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who plagiarizes; one who is guilty of plagiarism.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • 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.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

Etymologies

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From plagiary +‎ -ist

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  • probably one of the best one liners I've ever heard.

    March 3, 2007