despiser
(dɪˈspaɪzə(r))
[f. despise v. + -er1. Cf. OF. despiseor, nom. despisière, -sère.]
One who despises; a contemner, scorner.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter Comm. Cant. 500 Y⊇ scorners & despisers of pore men. 1382 Wyclif Acts xiii. 41 Se ȝe, dispiseris, and wondre ȝe, and be ȝe scaterid abrood. [Tindale, Beholde ye despisers and wonder and perisshe ye.] 1485 Caxton St. Wenefr. 20 A despysar of my wordes. 1535 Coverdale Prov. xiii. 15 Harde is the way of the despysers. 1709 Hearne Collect. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) II. 252 A Despiser of modern Commentators. a 1745 Swift (J.), Atheists, libertines, and despisers of religion, usually pass under the name of free-thinkers. 1892 Bookman Oct. 27/2 A despiser of physical force. |