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mocker (n.)
"one who scorns or ridicules others," late 15c., mokker, agent noun from mock (v.).
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mock (v.)
mid-15c., mokken, "make fun of," also "to trick, delude, make a fool of; treat with scorn, treat derisively or contemptuously;" from Old French mocquer "deride, jeer," a word of unknown origin. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *muccare "to blow the nose" (as a derisive gesture), from Latin mucus; or possibly from Middle Dutch mocken "to mumble" or Middle Low German mucken "grumble." Perhaps ultimately it is imitative of such speech. Related: Mocked; mocking. Replaced Old English bysmerian. The sense of "imitate, simulate, resemble closely" (1590s, as in mockingbird ; also see mock (adj.)) is from the notion of derisive imitation.
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Definitions of mocker
mocker (n.)
someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision;
mocker (n.)
long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds;