contemner
contemner noun: one who contemns, who displays contempt towards another.
Noun
contemner (plural contemners)
- One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another.
- Præsumptuous violators or contemners of the sabbath or holie exercises /.ante 1588: Thomas Cartwright (probably), A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons, in Cartwrightiana (1951; edited by Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson), page 244 (George Allen & Unwin Ltd....
- I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: / “As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; / […] ”1861 November, Julia Ward Howe, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII (February 1862), page 10
Forms of contemner
| plural | contemners |
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Origin of contemner
From contemn + -er.
Questions about contemner
- What does contemner mean?
- Contemner means one who contemns, who displays contempt towards another.
- What part of speech is contemner?
- Contemner is a noun.
- What is the plural of contemner?
- The plural of contemner is contemners.
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