turner
Pronunciation: /ˈtɝ.nɚ/
The English word “turner” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- One who or that which turns.
- A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
- A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
- A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
- A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
- An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
- An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.
Etymology
From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).
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