scourer

¹

[ skouuhr-er, skou-er-er ]

noun

1. a person who scours scour or cleanses.
2. an implement, device, or preparation for scouring. scour.

scourer

²

[ skouuhr-er, skou-er-er ]

noun

1. a person who scours scour or ranges about.
2. (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a prankster who roamed the streets at night.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scourer¹

First recorded in 1425–75, scourer is from the late Middle English word scourour. See scour ¹, -er ¹

Origin of scourer²

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; scour ², -er ¹

Example Sentences

So has the man behind hit song Power turned to a charity-rank scourer to come up with this find?

From BBC

“If you have Teflon pans in a commercial kitchen environment, it’s just not practical to say to every dishwasher, ‘Don’t use the scourer on that pan,’” Smithers says.

From The Guardian

He is equally a curator, collector, exhibition designer, photographer, historian, archivist and scourer of auctions and antique emporia.

From New York Times

To me, Incubus will always be posters on my bedroom wall, stealing snogs with guys who had goatees like wire scourers and singing Drive in school assembly.

From The Guardian

“My alarm didn’t even go off this morning and then I lost my scourers so I couldn’t wash my dishes.”

From The Guardian

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