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tanner

adj · name · noun · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈtænɚ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: Tanner
  • rhymes with -ænə(ɹ)
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: tanner
  • CMU ARPABET: T AE1 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

comparative form of tan: more tan

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: comparative, form-of

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2

name

Meaning 2

A surname originating as an occupation for a tanner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Limestone County, Alabama.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

name

Meaning 5

A place in the United States:

A locality in Washington County, Georgia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 6

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Center Township, Greene County, Indiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 7

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in LaRue County, Kentucky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 8

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Scott County, Missouri.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9

name

Meaning 9

A place in the United States:

A township in Kidder County, North Dakota.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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10

name

Meaning 10

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community and former CDP, replaced by Riverpoint census-designated place, King County, Washington. May have been annexed by North Bend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 11

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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12

noun

Meaning 12

A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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13

noun

Meaning 13

A person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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14

noun

Meaning 14

A long-horned beetle of species Prionus coriarius.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: sawyer

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15

noun

Meaning 15

A former British coin worth six old pence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, colloquial

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Synonyms: hog, lord, sixpence

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16

noun

Meaning 16

Any of several spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes, especially Chionoecetes bairdi and Chionoecetes opilio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: snow crab

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Synonyms: none provided

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17

noun

Meaning 17

a craftsman who tans skins and hides

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer

18

noun

Meaning 18

a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sixpence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coin

History

Etymology

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).

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دَبَّاغ (dabbāḡ) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Arabic: دباغ (dabbāḡ) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Armenian: դաբաղ (dabaġ) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Azerbaijani: dabbağ — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Belarusian: гарбар (harbar) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Belarusian: дубільшчык (dubilʹščyk) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Breton: kivijer — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Bulgarian: дерач (derač) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Catalan: adober — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Catalan: adobera — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皮匠 (píjiàng) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Czech: koželuh — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Danish: garver — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Esperanto: tanisto — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Estonian: parksepp — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Estonian: parkal — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Estonian: nahkur — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Estonian: nahaparkija — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Finnish: parkitsija — person whose occupation is to tan
  • French: tanneur — person whose occupation is to tan
  • German: Gerber — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Greek: βυρσοδέψης (vyrsodépsis) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Ancient Greek: βυρσοδέψης (bursodépsēs) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Ancient Greek: βυρσεύς (burseús) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Hebrew: בורסקאי (bursekai) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Hungarian: tímár — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Ingrian: nahkuri — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Irish: súdaire — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Irish: tonnadóir — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Irish: tonnleasaitheoir — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Italian: pellaio — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Italian: conciatore — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Japanese: 皮鞣し (kawanameshi) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Macedonian: кожар (kožar) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Plautdietsch: Ladajoawa — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Polish: garbarz — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Portuguese: curtidor — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Romanian: tăbăcar — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Romanian: argăsitor — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Romanian: pielar — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Russian: коже́вник (kožévnik) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Russian: дуби́льщик (dubílʹščik) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Serbo-Croatian: kožar — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Serbo-Croatian: štavljač — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Slovak: garbiar — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Spanish: curtidor — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Spanish: curtidora — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Swedish: garvare — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Tagalog: mangungulti — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Telugu: చర్మకారుడు (carmakāruḍu) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Turkish: sepici — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Ukrainian: козолуп (kozolup) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Welsh: barcer — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Welsh: crwynwr — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Welsh: tanner — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Yiddish: גאַרבער (garber) — person whose occupation is to tan
  • Russian: шестипе́нсовик (šestipénsovik) — sixpence coin
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