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horner.

Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.

  2. Someone who blows a horn (for communication or musical purposes); a hornblower.

    obsolete
  3. Someone who cuckolds.

    obsolete
  4. The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.

  5. Someone from the Horn of Africa.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English horner, hornere, equivalent to horn + -er.

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