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

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

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

"I doubt," answered the taverner, "it will be easier to get the Old Ship to look what she ort, than it will be to get you to look again like a publican's son."

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

Catherine, surprised by this unfriendly reception, said drily: "Then you don't want to say a good word to the taverner and the sergeant?"

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.

Of the knightly rank by which the taverner addressed him the fellow bore no outward signs.

From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael