The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contemner \Con*tem"ner\ (k[o^]n*t[e^]m"n[~e]r or -t[e^]m"[~e]r),
n.
One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. ``Contemners of the
gods.''
--South.
Wiktionary
n. One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another.
Usage examples of "contemner".
I will give one instance: I chanced to speak with consideration of these gifts of Stanislao's with a certain clever man, a great hater and contemner of Kanakas.
For every man looketh that his companion should value him, at the same rate he sets upon himselfe: And upon all signes of contempt, or undervaluing, naturally endeavours, as far as he dares (which amongst them that have no common power to keep them in quiet, is far enough to make them destroy each other,) to extort a greater value from his contemners, by dommage.
They were Makin people, I believe, probably staunch heathens, contemners of the missionary and his works.