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Definition of Profaner
1. n. One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language.
Definition of Profaner
1. Noun. One who profanes. A person who desecrates or defiles. ¹
2. Adjective. (comparative of profane) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Profaner
1. one that profanes [n -S] - See also: profanes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Profaner
Literary usage of Profaner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The poetical works of S.T. Coleridge, including the dramas of Wallenstein by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1829)
"profaner of the altar and the hearth, Against thy Emperor and fellow-citizens
Thou mean'st to wage the war. Friedland, beware— The evil spirit of revenge ..."
2. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"Hide me, soft cloud, from their profaner eyes, Till insolent Rebellion take the
field ; And as their spirits with their counsels rise, I frustrate all with ..."
3. A New Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Languages: In Two Parts by Thomas Nugent, J. Ouiseau (1830)
"... proem, proem i ¡ил Profanateur, a profaner Profanation, sf. tion Profane, 12.
as profane; profaner profaner, va. to profane, abuse Proférer, ..."
4. The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English Dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1845)
"It is a profanation of the Lords day, c'est une profanation du dimanche—c'est
profaner le dimanche, it is little less than profanation to alter it, ..."
5. Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and by William Swinton (1894)
"There, in close covert by some brook, 130 Where no profaner eye may look, ...
The word "profaner" | displaying to my inward vision has not here the full ..."
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