tanner

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see also: Tanner

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈtænɚ/

Noun

tanner (plural tanners)

1. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

Translations

• French: tanneur
• German: Gerber
• Italian: pellaio, conciatore
• Portuguese: curtidor
• Russian: коже́вник
• Spanish: curtidor, curtidora

Noun

tanner (plural tanners)

1. (British, colloquial) A former British coin, worth six old pence
   • 1851, George Borrow, Lavengro (Chapter XXXI)

     Lor! don't you know, dear? Why, a tanner is sixpence.

Synonyms

• sixpence
• hog
• (via Cockney rhyming slang) lord

Translations

• Russian: шестипе́нсовик

Noun

tanner (plural tanners)

1. A type of commercially-fished crab, Chionoecetes bairdi or Chionoecetes opilio.

Adjective

1. comparative form of tan
   • 2011, Jasmine Rodriguez, Hematite (page 173)

     He was a lot tanner than I remembered, or maybe he just looked darker because of the change of light.

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Tanner

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈtænɚ/

Proper noun

1. Surname for a tanner.
2. A male given name.

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