horner
horner noun: someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.
Noun (1)
horner (plural horners)
- Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.
- The skin of any Bulls Forehead, either for its toughness, or other cause, is the only part of the Hyde made use of by Horners, whereupon they shave their Hornes […]to fit them for Lamphorns1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […]...
- As also all patents for new inventions not put in practice within three years, likewise the several grants of incorporation to hatband makers, gutstring makers, spectacle makers, comb makers, tobacco-pipe makers, butchers, and horners.1873, Calendar of State Papers
- Someone who blows a horn (for communication or musical purposes); a hornblower.
- Someone who cuckolds.
- Sir, from the party, / The lady you should truck with, the lord's wife / Your worship is to dub, or to make free / Of the company of the horners.1624, Philip Massinger, “The Parliament of Love”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 4, scene 3, page 164
- The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.
- Someone from the Horn of Africa.
Proper noun capitalized: Horner
Horner (countable and uncountable, plural Horners)
- A surname.
- A hamlet in Luccombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and West Somerset district before that (OS grid ref SS8945).
- The River Horner or Horner Water, a minor river in Somerset which passes through the hamlet.
- An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States; from the surname.
Noun (2) capitalized: Horner
Horner (plural Horners)
- Someone who is from the Horn of Africa.
- Oromos are the most populous Horners, whilst Amharas are the most populous highland Horners
- Synonyms:
- Horn African
Adjective capitalized: Horner
Horner (comparative more Horner, superlative most Horner)
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Horn of Africa, its nations, or its inhabitants.
- Havng aerobic endurance is a Horner trait
horner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
horner in Hindi
- हॉर्नर
horner in Tamil
- கொம்பூதி
horner in Marathi
- हॉर्नर
horner in Urdu
- ہارنر, ہورنر
More languagesFewer languages
- horner in Bengali
- হর্নার, হর্ণার
- horner in Telugu
- హార్నర్, హోర్నర్
- horner in Malayalam
- ഹോർണർ, ഹാർണർ
- horner in Kannada
- ಹಾರ್ನರ್
- horner in Punjabi
- ਹਾਰਨਰ
- horner in Gujarati
- હોર્નર
- horner in Odia
- ହର୍ନର୍, ହର୍ଣ୍ଣର୍, ହର୍ଣ୍ଣର
- horner in Nepali
- होर्नर, हार्नर
Synonyms of horner
Forms of horner
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | horners |
| plural | Horners |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Horners |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Horner |
| superlative | most Horner |
Origin of horner
From Middle English horner, hornere, equivalent to horn + -er.
From Middle English hornere.
From Horn + -er.
Words formed from horner
Phrases with horner
Questions about horner
- What does horner mean?
- Horner means someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.
- What is horner in Hindi?
- Horner in Hindi is हॉर्नर. See Horner meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is horner?
- Horner can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of horner?
- The plural of horner is horners.
Words near horner in the dictionary
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