tanner

[ tan-er ]

/ ˈtæn ər /

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noun

a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.

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Origin of tanner

before 1000; Middle English, Old English tannere. See tan¹, -er¹

Words nearby tanner

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Definition for tanner (2 of 5)

tanner²

[ tan-er ]

/ ˈtæn ər /

adjective

comparative of tan¹.

Definition for tanner (3 of 5)

tanner³

[ tan-er ]

/ ˈtæn ər /

noun

British Slang. a sixpenny piece.

Origin of tanner

First recorded in 1805–15; origin uncertain

Definition for tanner (4 of 5)

Tanner

[ tan-er ]

/ ˈtæn ər /

noun

Henry Os·sa·wa

[os-uh-wuh] /ˈɒs ə wə/,1859–1937, U.S. painter, in France after 1891.

Definition for tanner (5 of 5)

tan¹

[ tan ]

/ tæn /

verb (used with object), tanned, tan·ning.

to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.

to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays, as of the sun.

Informal. to thrash; spank.

verb (used without object), tanned, tan·ning.

to become tanned.

noun

the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.

yellowish brown; light brown.

tanbark.

adjective, tan·ner, tan·nest.

of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.

used in or relating to tanning processes, materials, etc.

Origin of tan

before 1000; 1920–25 for def 2; Middle English tannen to make hide into leather, late Old English *tannian (in past participle getanned; cf. tanner¹) < Medieval Latin tannāre, derivative of tannum oak bark, tanbark < Germanic; compare Old High German tanna oak, fir, akin to Dutch den fir

OTHER WORDS FROM tan

tan·na·ble, adjectiveun·tanned, adjectivewell-tanned, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for tanner (1 of 4)

tanner¹

/ (ˈtænə) /

noun

a person who tans skins and hides

British Dictionary definitions for tanner (2 of 4)

tanner²

/ (ˈtænə) /

noun

British (formerly) an informal word for sixpence

Word Origin for tanner

C19: of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for tanner (3 of 4)

tan¹

/ (tæn) /

noun

the brown colour produced by the skin after intensive exposure to ultraviolet rays, esp those of the sun

a light or moderate yellowish-brown colour

short for tanbark

verb tans, tanning or tanned

to go brown or cause to go brown after exposure to ultraviolet raysshe tans easily

to convert (a skin or hide) into leather by treating it with a tanning agent, such as vegetable tannins, chromium salts, fish oils, or formaldehyde

(tr) slang to beat or flog

adjective tanner or tannest

of the colour tantan gloves

used in or relating to tanning

Derived forms of tan

tannable, adjectivetannish, adjective

Word Origin for tan

Old English tannian (unattested as infinitive, attested as getanned, past participle), from Medieval Latin tannāre, from tannum tanbark, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare Irish tana thin

British Dictionary definitions for tanner (4 of 4)

tan²

/ (tæn) /

abbreviation for

tangent (sense 2)

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tan

Abbreviation of tangent

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