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  taverner

  noun

  the owner of a tavern.
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  Taverner

  noun

  John, 1490?–1545, English organist and composer.

taverner

¹ American  

[tav-er-ner] / ˈtæv ər nər /

noun

1. the owner of a tavern.

2. Obsolete. a frequenter of taverns.

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Taverner ² American  

[tav-er-ner] / ˈtæv ər nər /

noun

1. John, 1490?–1545, English organist and composer.

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taverner ¹ British  

/ ˈtævənə /

noun

1. archaic a keeper of a tavern

2. obsolete a constant frequenter of taverns

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Taverner ² British  

/ ˈtævənə /

noun

1. John. ?1495–1545, English composer, esp of church music; best known for the mass Western Wynde , based on a secular song

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Etymology

Origin of taverner

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French tavernier. See tavern, -er ²

Example Sentences

At length the Kentish man being wearied, falls a prey to the invitation of a taverner, who with a cringing bow, and taking him by the sleeve:—“Sir,” saith he, “will you our wine assay?”

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles

The taverner retired dissatisfied, and when outside the church rubbed his head and ruminated.

From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John

All the guests were silent, and fixed their eyes anxiously on the taverner.

From The Broom-Squire by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

Another colleague of John Chaucer’s, John de Stodey, Mayor and Sheriff of London, had been formerly a taverner at Lynn.

From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.

My father was a taverner at Mosul and he died and left me much money.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir