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adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Horn of Africa, its nations, or its inhabitants.
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name
A surname.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A hamlet in Luccombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and West Somerset district before that (OS grid ref SS8945).
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name
The River Horner or Horner Water, a minor river in Somerset which passes through the hamlet.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States; from the surname.
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noun
Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.
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noun
Someone who blows a horn (for communication or musical purposes); a hornblower.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Someone who cuckolds.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.
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noun
Someone from the Horn of Africa.
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noun
Someone who is from the Horn of Africa.
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Usage: informal
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History
From Horn + -er.
From Middle English hornere.
From Middle English horner, hornere, equivalent to horn + -er.
