sorner

English

Etymology

sorn +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)/

Noun

sorner (plural sorners)

  1. (Scotland) One who obtrudes himself on another for bed and board.
    • 1841, Thomas De Quincey, "Homer and the Homeridæ"", in Blackwood's Magazine
      the abatement of masterful beggars, “sorners,” and other nuisances

References

sorner in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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