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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

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taverner Taverner

He was a well-nourished, florid man of middle height, with a resolute mouth, high cheek-bones, and crafty, prominent eyes that reminded me vaguely of the eyes of the taverner of Pojetta.

From The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza by Rafael Sabatini

"Perhaps so," replied Everard, "though I never heard thee use any, save to induce an usurer to lend thee money, or a taverner to abate a reckoning."

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Sir Walter Scott

Marry, at the door even hereby;      If we call anything on high,      The taverner will answer.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by William Carew Hazlitt

The office over, he lingered until St Agapit came to him, and the taverner then repeated the confession which he had already made, with such disastrous consequences, to Laroche.

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

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

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

When Taverner, the former volunteer manager, emailed the HR director to question whether the board was best placed to investigate one of its own members, he was sacked.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

She describes shooting a scene in which Taverner is irritated by someone who then leaves her office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024

Taverner and her brother, Bishop, were both 22.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023

Carolyn Taverner, co-founder of Emma’s Place, which provides grief counseling in Staten Island, has been working the entire pandemic with children and families that have experienced the loss of a parent because of covid-19.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2022

Omitting the versions of Coverdale, Matthew, and Taverner, we come to the first authorized version, made under the direction of the English prime minister, Thomas Cromwell, edited by Miles Coverdale, and published in 1539.

From Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut