English Explanatory Dictionary

piner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A torturer.
  2. An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease.
  3. Someone who is pining for something.
noun
  1. A labourer, especially a turf cutter.
noun
  1. Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade.
  2. Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.

Word forms

piner piners

Etymology

From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.

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