depriver

Depriver is a rarely used English noun meaning a person or agent who deprives someone of something, such as a right, liberty, property, or opportunity. It is formed from the verb deprive with the agent noun suffix -er and is more common in formal, literary, or theoretical contexts than in everyday speech. In ordinary usage, speakers typically refer to “the person who deprives” or use the abstract noun deprivation rather than employing the term depriver.

Etymology and form: The word traces to the verb deprive, which itself comes from Old French priver and Latin privare. The agent noun suffix -er yields depriver as a way to name the doer of the action, though the form remains uncommon in modern English.

Usage: Because depriver is infrequent, it can carry a technical or slightly accusatory tone. It is most likely to appear in discussions of rights, justice, or ethics when explicitly naming the actor responsible for removal. In many contexts, writers substitute “the person who deprives” or rely on phrases such as “deprivation of rights” to convey the idea without using the rare noun.

Related terms and concepts include deprivation (the act or state of depriving), deprival (an archaic or less common variant), and expressions related to rights, liberty, and possession. See also: deprivation, deprivation of rights, expropriation, liberty.