despiser
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In Los Angeles, Hans Spangenberg, lover of labials, despiser of sibilants, asked court permission to change his name to Valcour Berne de Belair.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Count?" said Jim, the despiser of trifles; "of course it does; everything counts."
From The Story of the Big Front Door by Leonard, Mary Finley
President Patton, of Princeton, is a despiser of reason; a hater of thought.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green
But Asenath was scornful and proud, and a despiser of men.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
He was a foe to compromise and a despiser of imposition.
From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Hartley, Marsden
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