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SPURNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spurner mean?
• SPURNER (noun)
The noun SPURNER has 1 sense:
1. a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt
Familiarity information: SPURNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
he was no spurner of rules
Hypernyms ("spurner" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
spurn (reject with contempt)
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