sinner

Meaning

Noun

• A person who sins or has sinned.
• A person who sins or has sinned by the action or identity indicated or previously mentioned
• An unregenerate person.
• A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• fasiq

Origin

• From Middle English synnere, seneȝere, from Old English *synġere, *synnere, from Proto-Germanic *sundārijaz ("sinner"), equivalent to sin + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Säänder ("sinner"), West Frisian sûnder ("sinner"), Dutch zondaar ("sinner"), German Low German Sünder, Sünner, German Sünder ("sinner"), Danish synder ("sinner"), Swedish syndare ("sinner"), Icelandic syndari ("sinner").