caper ēmissārius — meaning in English
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English meaning
- scapegoat noun A person blamed for a problem or failure that was not really their fault, often to protect others.
Senses
caper ēmissārius is used for these senses in English:
- scapegoat In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
scapegoat — full definition
- noun A person blamed for a problem or failure that was not really their fault, often to protect others.
- verb To unfairly blame someone for a failure.