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sorners

sorners is the plural of sorner.

Meaning of sorner

Noun

sorner (plural sorners)

  1. (Scotland) One who obtrudes themselves on another for bed and board.
    • It is our old friend the poet, but with a new face; he is now a soldier, a sailor, a king, and, in case of necessity, a very fair boxer, or "fistic artist," for the abatement of masterful beggars, "sorners," and other nuisances.1841 October, Thomas De Quincey, “Homer and the Homeridæ”, in Sketches: Critical and Biographic (De Quincey’s Works; VI), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 303

Questions about sorners

What is sorners the plural of?
Sorners is the plural of sorner.

Words near sorners in the dictionary

  1. sornai
  2. sornais
  3. sornas
  4. sorned
  5. sorner
  6. sorners
  7. sornidipine
  8. sorning
  9. sorns
  10. soro
  11. Soro Soke

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