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SCOURER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who travels widely and energetically
Example:
he was a scourer of the seven seas
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scourer" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who cleanses by scouring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("scourer" is a kind of...):
cleaner (someone whose occupation is cleaning)
Derivation:
scour (clean with hard rubbing)