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, so-called first president, dies. On this day in 1783, John Hanson, the first president of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation, dies in his home state of Maryland.