tanner
noun
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
tanner
1 American
[tan-er]
/ ˈtæn ər /
noun
tanner
2
American
[tan-er]
/ ˈtæn ər /
adjective
tanner
3
American
[tan-er]
/ ˈtæn ər /
noun
Tanner
4
American
[tan-er]
/ ˈtæn ər /
noun
tanner
1
British
/ ˈtænə /
noun
tanner
2
British
/ ˈtænə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of tanner1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English tanner(e), tannour, late Old English tannere; see origin at tan 1, -er 1
Origin of tanner3
First recorded in 1805–15; origin uncertain
Vocabulary lists containing tanner
"Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts"
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Example Sentences
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She told her hospital consultant, who asked where she had bought the tanner and what was in it.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025
Bong has given the leader TV aspirations; the makeup team has given him orange tanner.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025
He noticed more boats going after tanner crab last season — a much smaller fishery, but one that was open.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023
He was also tanner and had shaved his head.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2023
Panicked and exhausted, I had scattershot visions of the widow and my almond tree, the tanner, and the monks of my old village so far away.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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