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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 contemptplay

  Familiarity information: SPURNER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPURNER (noun)


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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