Definition of contempt. 1a : the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain glared at him in contemptb : lack of respect or reverence for something acting with contempt for public safety. 2 : the state of being despised.
Erin Hanson (born 1981) is a Los Angeles-based American contemporary landscape painter.
John Hanson (April 14 [ O.S. April 3] 1721 â November 15, 1783) was a merchant and public official from Maryland during the era of the American Revolution. After serving in a variety of roles for the Patriot cause in Maryland, in 1779 Hanson was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress.anson retired from public office after his one-year term as president of Congress. In poor health, he died on November 15, 1783, while visiting Oxon Hill Manor in Prince George's County, Maryland, the plantation of his nephew Thomas Hawkins Hanson.