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name
An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A number of places in the United States:
Former name of Tuttle, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clay County, Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A number of places in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Arenac County, Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Blaine County, Montana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Marion County, Oregon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Washington.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A number of places in the United States:
Other townships in Minnesota, Oklahoma (2) and South Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
Ellipsis of Turner Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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name
A placename.
Ellipsis of Turner County.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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noun
One who or that which turns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
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noun
A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: fish slice, spatula
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noun
A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A person who has Turner syndrome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative form of turner (“member of German-American nationalist gymnastic clubs”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: food turner
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Broader terms: cooking utensil, cookware
Narrower terms: fish slice, pancake turner, spatula
noun
one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
noun
a lathe operator
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
noun
a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tumbler
noun
United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Frederick Jackson Turner
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Broader terms: historian, historiographer
noun
English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Joseph Mallord William Turner
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Broader terms: painter
noun
United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Henry Hubert Turner
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Broader terms: endocrinologist
noun
United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Nat Turner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel, slave
History
From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.
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”).
Across languages
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
