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• taverner
  taverner

  noun

  the owner of a tavern.
• Taverner
  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

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Example Sentences

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The taverner who opened for me, and stood a moment surveying me by the light of the torch he held aloft, was a slim, mild-mannered man, not over-clean.

From The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro by Rafael Sabatini

The taverner took me by the sleeve, “Sir,” saith he, “will you our wine assay?”

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

Even as I was going forward to regard them the taverner appeared, leading my horse by the bridle.

From The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro by Rafael Sabatini

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 G. G. Coulton

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

From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini

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

Infighting: Oscar nominee Kristin Scott Thomas, as MI5’s “Second Desk” deputy director Diana Taverner, constantly undermines Lamb in order to bolster her own power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025

A celebrity named Jason Taverner draws 30 million viewers on his TV show.

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022

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

What do you say, Taverner, and you, Valgrosse?

From The Traitors by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

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