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SCOURER
scourer
(noun) someone who travels widely and energetically; “he was a scourer of the seven seas”
scourer
(noun) someone who cleanses by scouring
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scourer (plural scourers)
A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware.
Agent noun of scour; a person who scours.
(obsolete) A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
Anagrams
• Correus, correus, courser, sourcer
Source: Wiktionary
Scour"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, scours.
2. A rover or footpad; a prowling robber. In those days of highwaymen and scourers. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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