Definition of "sinner" []

• One that sins or does wrong; a transgressor. (noun)
• A scamp. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "S. Augustine says [244]: "If God did not hear sinners, in vain would the publican have said, _God be merciful to me a sinner_"; and S. Chrysostom says [245]: "_Every one that asketh receiveth_ -- that is, whether he be just man or sinner.""
• "The grace of God in calling a sinner is a powerful engagement to holiness."
• "“He would be what we call a sinner and he needs to make a change in his life.”"