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SCOURER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who travels widely and energetically

Example:

he was a scourer of the seven seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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