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contemners

contemners is the plural of contemner.

Meaning of contemner

Noun

contemner (plural contemners)

  1. (dated) 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....

Questions about contemners

What is contemners the plural of?
Contemners is the plural of contemner.

Words near contemners in the dictionary

  1. Contehs
  2. contemn
  3. contemn'd
  4. contemned
  5. contemner
  6. contemners
  7. contemnest
  8. contemneth
  9. contemnible
  10. contemning
  11. contemningly

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