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name
A surname.
A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval given name, from Germanic war, warin "cautious; heedful; wary; watchful" + her, heri "army", modern German Werner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname.
A surname originating as an occupation, reduced from Warrener.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
A placename:
A municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada; in full, the County of Warner No. 5.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A village in Alberta, within the above county.
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 Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
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 Washington County, Ohio.
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 in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
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 in Brown County, South Dakota.
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 in Clark County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, named after James Warner (surveyor).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
One who warns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Obsolete form of warrener.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
someone who gives a warning to others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: communicator
noun
United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Charles Dudley Warner
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Broader terms: film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker
History
* English, Norman, and German surname, all corresponding to German Werner. Also see Warrener. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Murnáin (“descendant of Murnán”); see Murnane.
From warn + -er.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
