tamer

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈteɪmɚ/

Definition of tamer

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who tames or subdues.
    “Only Enid could dare him at such a time, and even she felt occasionally that sinking of the heart which the bravest of tamers may experience as he unbars the gate of the cage.”
    “On the mantelshelf either side of the clock stood two lacquered bronzes of horse and tamer.”
    “You came back from that island alive! Mate, yeer a bloomin' freak of nature! Yer a master! Yer a true tamer of the high seas! Yer more man than I am!”
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noun

  1. One who tames or subdues.
    “Only Enid could dare him at such a time, and even she felt occasionally that sinking of the heart which the bravest of tamers may experience as he unbars the gate of the cage.”
    “On the mantelshelf either side of the clock stood two lacquered bronzes of horse and tamer.”
    “You came back from that island alive! Mate, yeer a bloomin' freak of nature! Yer a master! Yer a true tamer of the high seas! Yer more man than I am!”

adj

  1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of tame: more tame

name

  1. A surname from Arabic.

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Etymology

From tame (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

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