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Meaning of TURNER

Pronunciation:  'turnur

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food
  2. [n]  a lathe operator
  3. [n]  a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
  4. [n]  United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
  5. [n]  English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)
  6. [n]  United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)
  7. [n]  United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
 
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 Synonyms: food turner, Frederick Jackson Turner, Henry Hubert Turner, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Nat Turner
 
 See Also: cooking utensil, cookware, endocrinologist, fish slice, freedom fighter, historian, historiographer, insurgent, insurrectionist, painter, pancake turner, rebel, skilled worker, slave, spatula, trained worker, tumbler, turnverein

 

 

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Turn"er\, n.
    1. One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form
       articles with a lathe.
    2. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
    
  2. \Tur"ner\, n. [G.]
    A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
    
 
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