tanner

¹ American  

[tan-er] / ˈtæn ər /

noun

1. a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.

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tanner ² American  

[tan-er] / ˈtæn ər /

adjective

1. comparative of tan.

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tanner ³ American  

[tan-er] / ˈtæn ər /

noun

1. British Slang. a sixpenny piece.

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Tanner ⁴ American  

[tan-er] / ˈtæn ər /

noun

1. Henry Ossawa 1859–1937, U.S. painter, in France after 1891.

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tanner ¹ British  

/ ˈtænə /

noun

1. a person who tans skins and hides

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tanner ² British  

/ ˈtænə /

noun

1. (formerly) an informal word for sixpence

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Etymology

Origin of tanner¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English tanner(e), tannour, late Old English tannere; tan ¹, -er ¹

Origin of tanner³

First recorded in 1805–15; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Some fake tanners are even using masking tape - the type I use on my skirting boards - to create that crisp line across their skin.

From BBC

Mr Knight said the nasal tanners were a "wild west-type product" and they were a "ticking time bomb" and something people could regret putting into their body at a later date.

From BBC

Bong has given the leader TV aspirations; the makeup team has given him orange tanner.

From Los Angeles Times

Nasal tanners are designed to be sprayed into the nostrils and claim to work by administering a substance known as Melanotan II, a chemical that darkens skin pigmentation.

From BBC

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 Literature

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