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SWEARER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does swearer mean?
• SWEARER (noun)
The noun SWEARER has 2 senses:
1. someone who uses profanity
2. someone who takes a solemn oath
Familiarity information: SWEARER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who uses profanity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("swearer" is a kind of...):
blasphemer (a person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things)
Derivation:
swear (utter obscenities or profanities)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who takes a solemn oath
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("swearer" is a kind of...):
communicator (a person who communicates with others)
Derivation:
swear (promise solemnly; take an oath)
swear (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true)
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