turner

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈtɝ.nɚ/
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/ˈtɝ.nɚ/ · /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/

Definition of turner

26 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who or that which turns.
    “Everyone kept turning around and craning their necks to look at the gaps, and Miss Griffin gave all the turners and craners paralyzing stares whenever she caught their eye.”
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noun

  1. One who or that which turns.
    “Everyone kept turning around and craning their necks to look at the gaps, and Miss Griffin gave all the turners and craners paralyzing stares whenever she caught their eye.”
  2. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
  3. A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
  4. A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
  5. A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
  6. An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
  7. (historical)An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.
  8. A person who has Turner syndrome.
    “[…] and that the chromatin-negative Turners are XO with 45 chromosomes.”
  9. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of turner (“member of German-American nationalist gymnastic clubs”).

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A male given name.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
  4. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
  5. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
  6. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
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  8. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
  9. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
  10. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
  11. (countable, uncountable)A placename.
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  16. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)A placename.
  17. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)A placename.

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Etymology

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”).

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