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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