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Definition of Contemner
1. n. One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner.
Definition of Contemner
1. Noun. One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contemner
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contemner
Literary usage of Contemner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... and too great a contemner of ceremony, to have many friends at court, and
therefore could not but have enemies enough : he had ..."
2. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1904)
"... found "that the Robert is a rebellious and arrogant person, ane contemner and
vilipender ш the Raws of of the ministries and disciplin of the Kirk, ..."
3. The Codes of California as Amended and in Force at the Close of the Thirty by California, James Manford Kerr (1907)
"But where right of party can only be secured by committing to prison contemner
of lawful orders of court until he offers to purge contempt, ..."
4. The History of the Reign of Emperor Charles V.: With a View of the Progress by William Robertson (1840)
"The name of Maurice was mentioned with execration, as an apostate from religion,
a betrayer of the German liberty, and a contemner of the most sacred and ..."
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