tanner
US/ˈtænɚ/
tanner noun: a person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan. Also the comparative form of tan.
Noun (1)
tanner (plural tanners)
- A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
- A person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin.
- Eighty-one-year-old [Martha] Stewart says that a spray tan before her debut Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover boosted her confidence. Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in Barbie, had a personal tanner on set.2023 June 17, “New bronze age: fake tan is back, and it won’t turn you orange”, in The Guardian
- A long-horned beetle of species Prionus coriarius.
- Synonyms:
- sawyer
Noun (2)
tanner (plural tanners)
- A former British coin worth six old pence.
- [A]s you are so flash of your money, though you say you are poor, you may give me a tanner to buy a little baccy with; […]1851, George Borrow, chapter III, in Lavengro; the Scholar—the Gypsy—the Priest. […], volume II, London: John Murray […], →OCLC, page 32
- They'd say hello, maybe slip you a tanner.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 469
Noun (3)
tanner (plural tanners)
- Any of several spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes, especially Chionoecetes bairdi and Chionoecetes opilio.
- Near-synonym: snow crab
- The new plant is assumed to result in additions to the resident fleet during the tanner and dungeness crab seasons and function as a port of call for an increased number of trollers, resulting in more local seafood processing.1979, United States. Bureau of Land Management, Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Proper noun capitalized: Tanner
Tanner
- A surname originating as an occupation for a tanner.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
- An unincorporated community in Limestone County, Alabama.
- A locality in Washington County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Center Township, Greene County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in LaRue County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Scott County, Missouri.
- A township in Kidder County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community and former CDP, replaced by Riverpoint census-designated place, King County, Washington. May have been annexed by North Bend.
- An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.
Also used as
tanner is also the comparative form of tan.
tanner meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
tanner in Hindi
- टैनर, चर्मकार
tanner in Marathi
- टॅनर
tanner in Urdu
- ٹینر, ٹنر
tanner in Bengali
- ট্যানার
More languagesFewer languages
- tanner in Telugu
- చర్మకారుడు carmakāruḍu
- tanner in Malayalam
- ടാന്നർ, ടന്നർ, ടാൻറർ
- tanner in Kannada
- ಟ್ಯಾನರ್
- tanner in Punjabi
- ਟੈਨਰ
- tanner in Gujarati
- ટેનર, ટૈનર
- tanner in Odia
- ଟ୍ଯ଼ାନର୍, ଟ୍ଯ଼ାନର, ଟାନର
- tanner in Nepali
- ट्यानर, चर्मकार
- tanner in Tagalog
- mangungulti
- tanner in Arabic
- دَبَّاغ dabbāḡ
Examples of tanner in a sentence
- There were a few Dungeness, a couple of blue kings and one small and indignant squid, but mostly the pot was filled with tanners, Chionoecetes bairdi & Chionoecetes opilio.1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 7:
- We had come here to catch tanner crab, which the Japanese were buying up as fast as we could catch them.1993, Spike Walker, Working on the Edge, →ISBN:
Synonyms of tanner
Forms of tanner
| plural | tanners |
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Origin of tanner
From Middle English tannere, from Old English tannere; and Old French tannour, equivalent to tan + -er.
Named after John Sigismund Tanner (1705–1775), who designed a sixpence for the Royal Mint during the reign of King George II.
Probably from the taxonomic eponym tanneri in the species name Chionoecetes tanneri, named after American naval officer Zera Luther Tanner (1835–1906).
Words formed from tanner
Phrases with tanner
Words that rhyme with tanner
Questions about tanner
- What does tanner mean?
- Tanner means a person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
- What is tanner in Hindi?
- Tanner in Hindi is टैनर, चर्मकार. See Tanner meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use tanner in a sentence?
- There were a few Dungeness, a couple of blue kings and one small and indignant squid, but mostly the pot was filled with tanners, Chionoecetes bairdi & Chionoecetes opilio.
- What part of speech is tanner?
- Tanner can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tanner?
- Tanner is pronounced /ˈtænɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of tanner?
- The plural of tanner is tanners.
Words near tanner in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tanner (page history and authors); Tanner (page history and authors); tanner (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tanner (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tanner (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tanner (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tanner (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tanner (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tanner (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tanner (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tanner (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tanner (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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