scorner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scorner
First recorded in 1275–1325; scorn ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Peterborough top scorner Clarke-Harris headed a free-kick just over the bar soon after as Posh took control, but with 20 minutes left the Owls thought they had a way back.
From BBC ● May 12, 2023
After netting her maiden international goal on Thursday, Holloway grabbed a spectacular second when her 30-yard strike flew into the top scorner on the half-hour mark despite the best efforts of the visiting goalkeeper.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2021
Amid so much pomp it was recalled that Baron von Richthofen had ever been a scorner of the conventional mediocrities of mankind.
From Time Magazine Archive
Graves, Robert, poet and scorner of poets, who became Oxford's resident poet.
From Time Magazine Archive
So Narcissus went on his cruel way, a scorner of love.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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