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turner

UK/ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/US/ˈtɝ.nɚ/

turner noun: one who or that which turns.

Noun (1)

turner (plural turners)

  1. One who or that which turns.
    • Everyone kept turning around and craning their necks to look at the gaps, and Miss Griffin gave all the turners and craners paralyzing stares whenever she caught their eye.2016, Robin Stevens, Murder Is Bad Manners, page 236
  2. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
  3. A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
    Synonyms:
    fish slice, spatula
  4. A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
  5. A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.

Noun (2)

turner (plural turners)

  1. An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.

Noun (3)

turner (plural turners)

  1. (historical) An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.

Proper noun capitalized: Turner

Turner (countable and uncountable, plural Turners)

  1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  4. An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
  5. An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.
  6. Former name of Tuttle, California.
  7. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Indiana.
  8. A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas.
  9. A town and census-designated place therein, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
  10. A township and village therein, in Arenac County, Michigan.
  11. An unincorporated community in Blaine County, Montana.
  12. A city in Marion County, Oregon.
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  1. An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Washington.
  2. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
  3. Other townships in Minnesota, Oklahoma (2) and South Dakota.
  4. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Turner Township.
  5. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Turner County.

Noun (4) capitalized: Turner

Turner (plural Turners)

  1. A person who has Turner syndrome.
    • […] and that the chromatin-negative Turners are XO with 45 chromosomes.1960, Institute of Biology Journal
  2. (alternative) Alternative form of turner (“member of German-American nationalist gymnastic clubs”).

turner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

turner in Hindi

person working a lathe
ख़रादी xarādī

turner in Tamil

டர்னர்

turner in Marathi

टर्नर

turner in Urdu

person working a lathe
خراط xarrāt
More languagesFewer languages
turner in Bengali
টার্নার, টর্নার
turner in Telugu
టర్నర్, టర్నరర్
turner in Malayalam
ടർണർ, ടേണർ
turner in Kannada
ಟರ್ನರ್, ಟರ್ನರರ್
turner in Punjabi
ਟਰਨਰ, ਟਰਨਅਰ
turner in Gujarati
ટર્નર
turner in Odia
ଟର୍ନର, ଟର୍ଣ୍ଣର୍, ଟର୍ଣ୍ଣର
turner in Nepali
टर्नर
turner in Tagalog
siyansi
turner in Arabic
خَرَّاط ḵarrāṭ
turner in Persian
خراط xarrât
turner in Myanmar
ပန်းပွတ်သည် pan:pwatsany

Synonyms of turner

Forms of turner

Noun
pluralturners
pluralTurners
Proper noun
pluralTurners

Plural of turner: turners

Origin of turner

From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).

From German Turner (“gymnast”).

From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.

Words formed from turner

Phrases with turner

Words that rhyme with turner

Questions about turner

What does turner mean?
Turner means one who or that which turns.
What is turner in Hindi?
Turner in Hindi is ख़रादी (xarādī). See Turner meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is turner?
Turner can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce turner?
Turner is pronounced /ˈtɝ.nɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of turner?
The plural of turner is turners.

Words near turner in the dictionary

  1. turned upside down
  2. turned v
  3. turnedst
  4. turnep
  5. turneps
  6. turner
  7. Turner County
  8. Turner syndrome
  9. Turner Valley
  10. Turner's syndrome
  11. Turner's yellow

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Adapted from Wiktionary: turner (page history and authors); Turner (page history and authors); turner (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turner (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turner (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turner (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turner (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turner (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turner (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turner (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turner (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turner (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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