sinner

[sin-er]

noun

1. a person who sins; transgressor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sinner¹

A Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; sin ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

To our mind, it’s an injustice, as Paul writes, that “while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

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Scorsese’s faith, and his battles with it, provide something of a leitmotif of the series — is he a saint or a sinner?

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But the best twist is when you realize how much you’ve come to care about these characters, be they saints or sinners or a bit of both.

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The preacher is one of the biggest sinners in Bakersfield, not merely because both he and Honey may as well be using the phone book as a checklist of conquests.

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I was like, “So because I’m not perfect, you want me to not spread the word and to keep it to myself? We’re all sinners, bro.”

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