[f. EVIL sb. + DOER.] One who does evil; a malefactor.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XII. xxxvii. 436. The herte of the lapwynge is gode to euyl doers.
1526–34. Tindale, 2 Tim. ii. 9. I suffre trouble as an evyll doar even vnto bondes.
1611. Bible, 1 Pet. ii. 12. They speake against you as euill doers.
1736. Berkeley, Disc. to Magistrates, Wks. III. 421. Punishments that await evil-doers.
1851. D. Jerrold, St. Giles, ix. 87. Those who were so sharp after evil-doers had commonly not the cleanest consciences themselves.
1864. Burton, Scot Abr., I. v. 248. The formidable Proctor, who is a terror to evil-doers.
