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scorner
[ skawr-ner ]
noun
- a person who treats someone or something with contempt or mockery; scoffer:
The scorners of political measures adopted in the 1920s promptly subscribed to far more pernicious ones a decade later.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scorner1
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Example Sentences
Of how much sorer punishment shall Christ at His speedy coming deem the scorner worthy?
"There she lies," retorted Duncan, as he knocked the scorner down at a blow.
To prevent the replies or excuses of the scorner, I must here tell you, 1.
"Proud, haughty scorner is his name, that dealeth in proud wrath," Prov.
Nevertheless, the time came when the scorner recanted his renunciation.
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