Definitions for scourer

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scourer scour·er

Spelling: [skouuh r-er, skou-er-er]

IPA: /ˈskaʊər ər, ˈskaʊ ər ər/

Scourer is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 145 anagrams from letters in scourer (ceorrsu).

Definitions for scourer

noun

1. a person who scours or cleanses.
2. an implement, device, or preparation for scouring.
3. a person who scours or ranges about.
4. (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a prankster who roamed the streets at night.

Origin of scourer

First recorded in 1425-75, scourer is from the late Middle English word scourour. See scour¹, -er¹

Examples for scourer

This was done in vats, where the clothes were trodden and well worked by the feet of the scourer.

The former made wooden bowls, and the latter was sometimes a scourer, or scout, Mid.

A nation of reformers looks like a scourer of silver-plate—black all over and dingy, with making things white and brilliant.