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contemner, -or|kənˈtɛmnə(r), -ˈtɛmə(r)|
Also 6 -temnour, -nar, -tempner.
[Originally contemnour, Anglo-Fr. form equivalent to obs. F. contempneur (1515 in Godef., 1611 Cotgr.), f. contemner to contemn: see -our, -er.]
1. One who contemns; a despiser, scorner.
1513Douglas æneis vii. xii. 20 Mezentius the king, that in his day Contempnar clepit was of the goddis ay. 1535Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 25 A contemnour of the good order of the commonwelthe. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus ii. 12 Contemners of grace in this present world. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 278 Haughty Contemners of the good and wise. 1861W. S. Perry Hist. Ch. Eng. I. xv. 567 He was a great contemner of money.
2. One who has committed contempt of court.
1877Punch 3 Feb. 37 The Contemner of the Court of Arches. 1889Law Times LXXXVIII. 115/2 The sequestration was merely a process in contempt, and did not affect the property of the contemnor. |