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tanner en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtænɚ/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English tannere, from Old English tannere; and Old French tannour, equivalent to tan + -er.

Meanings

  1. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
  2. A person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin.
    • Eighty-one-year-old [Martha] Stewart says that a spray tan before her debut Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover boosted her confidence. Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in Barbie, had a personal tanner on set. 2023 June 17, “New bronze age: fake tan is back, and it won’t turn you orange”, in The Guardian:
  3. A long-horned beetle of species Prionus coriarius.

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Synonyms

sawyer

Translations (56)

ro tăbăcar (person whose occupation is to tan) · az dabbağ (person whose occupation is to tan) · sh kožar (person whose occupation is to tan) · cy barcer (person whose occupation is to tan) · tl mangungulti (person whose occupation is to tan) · et nahaparkija (person whose occupation is to tan) · ar دَبَّاغ (person whose occupation is to tan) · sv garvare (person whose occupation is to tan) · ca adober (person whose occupation is to tan) · mk кожар (person whose occupation is to tan) · it conciatore (person whose occupation is to tan) · te చర్మకారుడు (person whose occupation is to tan) · arz دباغ (person whose occupation is to tan) · es curtidor (person whose occupation is to tan) · be гарбар (person whose occupation is to tan) · ro argăsitor (person whose occupation is to tan) · izh nahkuri (person whose occupation is to tan) · el βυρσοδέψης (person whose occupation is to tan) · et parkal (person whose occupation is to tan) · yi גאַרבער (person whose occupation is to tan) · ga súdaire (person whose occupation is to tan) · cs koželuh (person whose occupation is to tan) · he בורסקאי (person whose occupation is to tan) · ru коже́вник (person whose occupation is to tan) · br kivijer (person whose occupation is to tan) · tr sepici (person whose occupation is to tan) · ru дуби́льщик (person whose occupation is to tan) · hu tímár (person whose occupation is to tan) · eo tanisto (person whose occupation is to tan) · es curtidora (person whose occupation is to tan) · sh štavljač (person whose occupation is to tan) · cmn 皮匠 (person whose occupation is to tan) · fr tanneur (person whose occupation is to tan) · hy դաբաղ (person whose occupation is to tan) · ja 皮鞣し (person whose occupation is to tan) · da garver (person whose occupation is to tan) · cy crwynwr (person whose occupation is to tan) · pt curtidor (person whose occupation is to tan) · sk garbiar (person whose occupation is to tan) · ga tonnleasaitheoir (person whose occupation is to tan) · bg дерач (person whose occupation is to tan) · et parksepp (person whose occupation is to tan) · ca adobera (person whose occupation is to tan) · cy tanner (person whose occupation is to tan) · ro pielar (person whose occupation is to tan) · et nahkur (person whose occupation is to tan) · de Gerber (person whose occupation is to tan) · pdt Ladajoawa (person whose occupation is to tan) · it pellaio (person whose occupation is to tan) · be дубільшчык (person whose occupation is to tan) · pl garbarz (person whose occupation is to tan) · grc βυρσεύς (person whose occupation is to tan) · fi parkitsija (person whose occupation is to tan) · ga tonnadóir (person whose occupation is to tan) · grc βυρσοδέψης (person whose occupation is to tan) · uk козолуп (person whose occupation is to tan)

tanner en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtænɚ/ (US)

Etymology

Named after John Sigismund Tanner (1705–1775), who designed a sixpence for the Royal Mint during the reign of King George II.

Meanings

  1. (UK, colloquial) A former British coin worth six old pence.
    • They'd say hello, maybe slip you a tanner. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 469:
    • [A]s you are so flash of your money, though you say you are poor, you may give me a tanner to buy a little baccy with; […] 1851, George Borrow, chapter III, in Lavengro; the Scholar—the Gypsy—the Priest. […], volume II, London: John Murray […], →OCLC, page 32:

Forms

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Synonyms

sixpence · lord · hog

Translations (1)

ru шестипе́нсовик (sixpence coin)

wikipedia: George II of Great Britain · wikipedia: Royal Mint · wikipedia: John Sigismund Tanner

tanner en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtænɚ/ (US)

Etymology

Probably from the taxonomic eponym tanneri in the species name Chionoecetes tanneri, named after American naval officer Zera Luther Tanner (1835–1906).

Meanings

  1. Any of several spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes, especially Chionoecetes bairdi and Chionoecetes opilio.
    • There were a few Dungeness, a couple of blue kings and one small and indignant squid, but mostly the pot was filled with tanners, Chionoecetes bairdi & Chionoecetes opilio. 1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 7:
    • Near-synonym: snow crab
    • We had come here to catch tanner crab, which the Japanese were buying up as fast as we could catch them. 1993, Spike Walker, Working on the Edge, →ISBN:
    • The new plant is assumed to result in additions to the resident fleet during the tanner and dungeness crab seasons and function as a port of call for an increased number of trollers, resulting in more local seafood processing. 1979, United States. Bureau of Land Management, Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale:

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wikipedia: Zera Luther Tanner

tanner en · ADJ · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtænɚ/ (US)

Meanings

  1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of tan: more tan
    form of tan
    • He was a lot tanner than I remembered, or maybe he just looked darker because of the change of light. 2011, Jasmine Rodriguez, Hematite, page 173: