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Definition of Despiser
1. n. One who despises; a contemner; a scorner.
Definition of Despiser
1. Noun. One who despises. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Despiser
1. one that despises [n -S] - See also: despises
Lexicographical Neighbors of Despiser
Literary usage of Despiser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... a crusher and despiser of the Romans," re- [«rts the chronicler Matthew Paris.
He was buried with great pomp at Lincoln, the archbishop of Canterbury ..."
2. Women Artists in All Ages and Countries by Elizabeth Fries Ellet (1859)
"The churlish Guercino a despiser of Women.—The Cardinal's Niece and Heiress.—Her
great Paintings.—Founds a Cloister. —Artemisia Gentileschi, a Pupil of ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1843)
"The man whose supercilious scepticism thus makes the differences of his fellows
the ground of his theory, is the true despiser of his race. ..."
4. The Works by John Howe, Edmund Calamy (1835)
"When it is looked upon as no fashionable thing to be a despiser of God and heaven,
and to breathe out contempt of the Divine power, that gave us breath. ..."
5. A Universal Biography: Containing Interesting Accounts, Critical and by John Platts (1826)
"... that neither his life nor his writings 'were so absurd or blasphemous as to
entitle him to the character of a despiser of God and religion. ..."
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