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scorners

scorners is the plural of scorner.

Meaning of scorner

Noun

scorner (plural scorners)

  1. One who mocks or scoffs; a mocker.
    • When the ſcoꝛner is puniſhed, the ſimple is made wiſe: and when the wiſe is inſtructed, he receiueth knowledge.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 21:11
  2. One who views something contemptuously or scornfully.

Questions about scorners

What is scorners the plural of?
Scorners is the plural of scorner.

Words near scorners in the dictionary

  1. scorned
  2. scornedst
  3. scornee
  4. scornees
  5. scorner
  6. scorners
  7. scornest
  8. scorneth
  9. scornful
  10. scornfulest
  11. scornfull

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