scourer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who cleanses by scouring
  2. noun someone who travels widely and energetically
    • he was a scourer of the seven seas

WordNet

Scour"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, scours.
  2. A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
    In those days of highwaymen and scourers. Macaulay.

Webster 1913