tanner
1 Americannoun
adjective
noun
noun
noun
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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Bong has given the leader TV aspirations; the makeup team has given him orange tanner.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025
He was also tanner and had shaved his head.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2023
Also on Monday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced a small Bering Sea crab harvest of more than 2 million pounds of tanner crab will open Oct.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022
"She still often felt the need to silence frequent murmurs that she was mixed race. Film journalists of her era would note her tanner complexion," Sen says.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2022
The tanner who’d given me work for a few weeks.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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