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.
| 1513 Douglas æneis vii. xii. 20 Mezentius the king, that in his day Contempnar clepit was of the goddis ay. 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 25 A contemnour of the good order of the commonwelthe. 1612 T. Taylor Comm. Titus ii. 12 Contemners of grace in this present world. a 1711 Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 278 Haughty Contemners of the good and wise. 1861 W. S. Perry Hist. Ch. Eng. I. xv. 567 He was a great contemner of money. |
2. One who has committed contempt of court.
| 1877 Punch 3 Feb. 37 The Contemner of the Court of Arches. 1889 Law Times LXXXVIII. 115/2 The sequestration was merely a process in contempt, and did not affect the property of the contemnor. |