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tannist

tannist noun: an employee at a tanning salon or someone who is similarly enthusiastic about tanning.

Noun

tannist (plural tannists)

  1. An employee at a tanning salon or someone who is similarly enthusiastic about tanning.
    • May 7 — Today top-seeded pro tannist Zonker Harris announced his retirement from competitive tanning..1984, G. B. Trudeau, edited by Gloria Steinem, Doonesbury Dossier: The Reagan Years, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN
    • IF YOU, A PROFESSIONAL TANNIST, WENT ON THE AIR AND URGED KIDS TO GET OUT OF TANNING, THE IMPACT COULD BE ENORMOUS!1986, Garry Trudeau, That's Doctor Sinatra You Little Bimbo, illustrated edition, Abacus, →ISBN

Examples of tannist in a sentence

  • All right, she's 19, from Daytona, and her job is "spray tannist."2017 November 14, Matt Lawton, “The Venue” (13:37 from the start), in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 5, episode 6, spoken by Jake Peralta (Andy...
  • Medicinal Plants Appal 258 The bark has been used primarily because of its tannist content, which makes it a strong astringent.]2021 June 22, Michael B. Montgomery, Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller, Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English, illustrated edition, UNC Press...

Forms of tannist

pluraltannists

Origin of tannist

From tan + -ist.

Questions about tannist

What does tannist mean?
Tannist means an employee at a tanning salon or someone who is similarly enthusiastic about tanning.
How do you use tannist in a sentence?
All right, she's 19, from Daytona, and her job is "spray tannist."
What part of speech is tannist?
Tannist is a noun.
What is the plural of tannist?
The plural of tannist is tannists.

Words near tannist in the dictionary

  1. tanninim
  2. tanninlike
  3. tannins
  4. tannish
  5. tannishness
  6. tannist
  7. tannists
  8. tanno-
  9. tannocaffeic acid
  10. tannoform
  11. tannogallate

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