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MOCKER
mockingbird, mocker, Mimus polyglotktos
(noun) long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
scoffer, flouter, mocker, jeerer
(noun) someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mocker (plural mockers)
A person who mocks.
A mockingbird.
(archaic) A deceiver; an impostor.
Source: Wiktionary
Mock"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider.
2. A deceiver; an impostor.
3. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: A mocking bird. Mocker nut (Bot.), a kind of hickory (Carya tomentosa) and its fruit, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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