Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that turns, especially a person who operates a lathe or similar device.
- n. A gymnast or tumbler, especially a member of a turnverein.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which turns; specifically, one whose occupation involves work with a lathe.
- n. A small piece of fire-clay molded into the form of segment of a sphere, and serving as a pivotal support to a small circular disk which itself supports a watch-dial while in the enameling-furnace, during which time it must be constantly turned to subject the enamel to uniform conditions of heat.
- n. In seal-fishing: Same as turner-harp.
- n. Same as turner-hood.
- n. A tumbler; a gymnast; specifically [capitalized], a member of one of the gymnastic bodies (German Turnvereine) first instituted by F. L. Jahn about 1811, and especially in favor among Germans.
- n. A kind of tumbler-pigeon.
- n. A Scottish copper coin issued by James VI. and by later sovereigns, worth 2d. Scotch (about one third of a United States cent) at the time of issue. Compare bodle.
Wiktionary
- n. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe
- n. A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
- n. zoology A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
- n. cricket a very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease
- n. sports A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.
- n. (Zoöl.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
- n. A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
WordNet 3.0
- n. United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
- n. a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
- n. a lathe operator
- n. cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food
- n. United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
- n. one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope
- n. United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)
- n. English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)
Etymologies
- From German (Wiktionary)
- German, from turnen, to do gymnastics, from Old High German turnēn, to turn, from Latin tornāre, to turn in a lathe; see turn. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“That shows the kid Heroes what a real plot turner is made of!”
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“What makes it a 'new fashioned page turner' is that it captures the texture of real American life while it pulls you in.”
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“Angels and Demons is a page turner from the very beginning.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘turner’.
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Last Names That Are Professions
Let's keep this to reasonably well known family names that are or used to be professions, trades, or arts.
fletcher, chandler, goldsmith, carpenter, cook, baker, draper, smith, mason, carter, cooper, mercer and 35 more...
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If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-...
Words that have been used as baby names, including virtue names, nature names, place names, etc.
The title is an actual name given to a Puritan boy in the 17th century.faith, hope, grace, charity, chastity, prudence, patience, temperance, river, phoenix, stone, violet and 455 more...
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Trades Featured in R. Campbell's The ...
Hey kids! What do YOU want to be when you grow up?!
Reprint edition, Devon: Latimer Trend & Co., Ltd., 1969. Full original citation (you'd better grab a drink and sit down) is:
...woollen draper, wood monger, wood cutter, wine cooper, woolsted man, wool card maker, wool comber, wool stapler, wire drawer, whalebone-man, whip maker, weaver and 343 more...
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Archaic Occupations
Some of these professions still exist today but the word for them has changed; some (mason or boatswain, for example), are still in use but are included for their rich historical associations. Som...
yeoman, summoner, chandler, ostler, carter, chapman, slaver, mason, cordwainer, cooper, glazier, dyer and 187 more...
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