turner

Meanings

1. One who or that which turns.
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.

1. An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.

1. An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.

1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
2. A male given name.
3. A placename.
4. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
7. An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.
8. Former name of Tuttle, California.
9. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Indiana.
10. A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas.
11. A town and census-designated place therein, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
12. A township and village therein, in Arenac County, Michigan.

1. A person who has Turner syndrome.
2. Alternative form of turner (“member of German-American nationalist gymnastic clubs”).

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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