piner
piner noun: a torturer.
Noun (1)
piner (plural piners)
Noun (2)
piner (plural piners)
- A labourer, especially a turf cutter.
Noun (3)
piner (plural piners)
- Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade.
- Then there was Bunny D—, an Aboriginal piner who had been in the camps with Dad and who was famed for his bush skills.2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 152
- Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander.
Proper noun capitalized: Piner
Piner (countable and uncountable, plural Piners)
piner meaning in Tamil
piner in Tamil
- இங்கிலாந்தின் வடக்கு மென்காற்று
Forms of piner
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | piners |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Piners |
Origin of piner
From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.
Apparently from Middle Dutch piner, pijner (Dutch pijnder), from pinen, pijnen (“to labour, toil”).
From pine (“type of tree”) + -er.
Questions about piner
- What does piner mean?
- Piner means a torturer.
- What is piner in Tamil?
- Piner in Tamil is இங்கிலாந்தின் வடக்கு மென்காற்று. See Piner meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is piner?
- Piner can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of piner?
- The plural of piner is piners.
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