fan
noun
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
fanner
-
a word derived from
fan.
Example Sentences
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Stanley Reed, Kentucky-born, onetime Solicitor General, once a practical dirt fanner, writer of pedestrian opinions, rated as an able lawyer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Old Mao was a fanner, prosperous enough to hire a laborer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fanner gets no more because, ambitious, he grows too much, puts it up for sale.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The subfreezing temperatures day after day brought home a certain physical reality that matches the economic plight of the Midwestern fanner."
From Time Magazine Archive
When Mr. Breland had his turn to ask Willie questions, he looked like a bull about to rip into a poor old fanner, and Willie looked scared.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
