sinner.
A person who sins or has sinned.
Meaning & usage
A person who sins or has sinned. A person who, by one particular action, has sinned.
A person who sins or has sinned. An unregenerate person.
A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.
A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things. One who lives a hedonist life; a self-indulgent person.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English synnere, equivalent to sin + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säänder (“sinner”), West Frisian sûnder (“sinner”), Dutch zondaar (“sinner”), German Low German Sünder, Sünner (“sinner”), German Sünder (“sinner”), Danish synder (“sinner”), Swedish syndare (“sinner”), Icelandic syndari (“sinner”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.