[ noun ] a person who sins (without repenting) <noun.person>
Sinner \Sin"ner\, n. One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God.
Sinner \Sin"ner\, v. i. To act as a sinner. [Humorous]
Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. --Pope.
She tells me to "repent you pork-pie-wearing sinner" when I get out of line.
The U.S. is also a sinner, to be sure, with subsidies, quotas and "marketing orders" of its own.
The Greek soprano Jenny Drivala achieves the transition from sinner to saint with lifelike conviction.
So for a while - roughly, half a morning - Fiennes becomes saint rather than sinner. He pardons those who offend him and practices his melting 'Messiah' look in the shaving mirror.