"scourer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskaʊɹə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskaʊɹəɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scourer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scourers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English scourer, skourer, scowrrere, equivalent to scour + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scourer}} Middle English scourer, {{m|enm|skourer}} skourer, {{m|enm|scowrrere}} scowrrere, {{af|en|scour|-er}} scour + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} scourer (plural scourers)
  1. A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware. Categories (topical): Cleaning
    Sense id: en-scourer-en-noun-ai0W0fQI Disambiguation of Cleaning: 44 40 16
  2. Agent noun of scour; a person who scours. Tags: agent, form-of Form of: scour (extra: a person who scours) Categories (topical): Cleaning, People
    Sense id: en-scourer-en-noun-g6oFfrTU Disambiguation of Cleaning: 44 40 16 Disambiguation of People: 17 46 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 68 8 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 64 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 53 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 27 60 13
  3. (obsolete) A rover or footpad; a prowling robber. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Cleaning
    Sense id: en-scourer-en-noun-q3pC3V99 Disambiguation of Cleaning: 44 40 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gong scourer, scourer pad

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