fan
noun
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
fanner
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a word derived from
fan.
Example Sentences
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"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
The fanner gets no more because, ambitious, he grows too much, puts it up for sale.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
In Massachusetts last week, many a fanner and townsman listened to word of the newest miracle, eager to believe.
From Time Magazine Archive
The spy went into his act: a simple- minded fanner seeking a runaway wife, terrified of soldiers.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
