tanners

Noun (1)

tanner (plural tanners)

1. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
2. 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
3. A long-horned beetle of species Prionus coriarius.

   Synonyms:

   sawyer

Noun (2)

tanner (plural tanners)

1. (UK, colloquial) 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

   Synonyms:

   hog, lord, sixpence

Noun (3)

tanner (plural tanners)

1. Any of several spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes, especially Chionoecetes bairdi and Chionoecetes opilio.
   • Near-synonym: snow crab

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