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Definition of Derider
1. n. One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.
Definition of Derider
1. Noun. A person who derides or mocks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Derider
1. one that derides [n -S] - See also: derides
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derider
Literary usage of Derider
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Real Shelley: New Views of the Poet's Life by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1885)
"... derider of Christianity. He urges little in favour of Deism, and that little
he utters faintly, in comparison with his arguments against Christianity. ..."
2. A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Copious by Juvenal, Martin Madan, Persius (1829)
"... in imitation of the Egyptians, who did the same at certam periods in search
of Osiris. 533. Runs.] Up and down in a frantic manner. —The derider of ..."
3. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"Captain—was the first man who found it necessary to take the dose, and he had
been the loudest derider of the organization. He hunted up one of the best of ..."
4. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1899)
"... in the abortive rising of 1400, the chronicler points out that having been
through all his life a derider of the sacraments and a scoffer at images, ..."
5. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"Captain was the first man who found it necessary to take the dose, and he had
been the loudest derider of the organization. ..."
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