sorner
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɔːnə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɹnɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: sorn‧er
Noun
[edit]sorner (plural sorners)
- (Scotland) One who obtrudes themselves on another for bed and board.
- 1841 October, Thomas De Quincey, “Homer and the Homeridæ”, in Sketches: Critical and Biographic (De Quincey’s Works; VI), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 303:
- It is our old friend the poet, but with a new face; he is now a soldier, a sailor, a king, and, in case of necessity, a very fair boxer, or "fistic artist," for the abatement of masterful beggars, "sorners," and other nuisances.
Further reading
[edit]- “sorner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.