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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

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.

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 Sabatini, Rafael

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

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

Gonzaga, still half uncertain of his ground, called the taverner and bade him bring a flagon of his best.

From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael

The courtier turned pink at that, and but for the arrival of the taverner with the wine, it is possible he might have done an unconscionable rashness.

From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael