turner.
One who or that which turns.
Meaning & usage
One who or that which turns.
A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).
An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
Where this word comes from
From German Turner (“gymnast”).
An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.
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