Definition of Horner

1. n. One who works or deal in horn or horns.

Definition of Horner

1. Noun. One who works or deals in horn or horns. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) One who blows a horn. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) One who horns or cuckolds. ¹

4. Noun. The British sand lance or sand eel, ''Ammodytes lanceolatus''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Horner

1. a person who deals in horns [n -S]

Medical Definition of Horner

1. 1. One who works or deal in horn or horns. 2. One who winds or blows the horn. 3. One who horns or cuckolds. 4. The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Horner

horned pondweed
horned poppy
horned pout
horned puffin
horned rattlesnake
horned screamer
horned toad
horned violet
horned viper
horned whiff
hornedness
hornednesses
hornel
hornels
hornen
horner (current term)
horner syndrome
horners
hornet
hornet's nest
hornet stings
hornets
hornets' nest
hornfels
hornfelses
hornfish
hornfishes
hornfoot
hornful
hornfuls

Literary usage of Horner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pennsylvania Archives ...by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1899)
"Thomas, xix, 22, 158, horner, Edmund, .. xxvi, 450 254, 357; xxiii, ... George, xix, 209, 306; 145, 271, 539 xxv, 182, 719 horner & Swenk, ...xxvi, ..."

2. House & Garden Archi (1905)
"It is also a portion of the "plum" that little Jack horner extracted with ... And the old lady, when she sang "Little Jack horner" and "The House that Jack ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1909)
"To the letter returning abstract horner I that certain taxes remained unp.iid ... horner went to the Citizens' Bank of Enid. and. in violation of the escrow ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"horner asked me what my fees were, and I said, 'What you promised me, $5,' and they ... Witness was asked what, if anything, was said by horner and Mrs. ..."

5. Readings in English History Drawn from the Original Sources: Intended to by Edward Potts Cheyney (1922)
"Francis My dear Sydney: horner to \ received your letter at Taunton the other ... horner. horner to Sir I feei verv painfully our disappointment at Bristol. ..."

6. Trübner's Bibliographical Guide to American Literature: A Classed List of by Nicolas Trübner, Benjamin Moran, Edward Edwards (1859)
"horner.—Catalogue of the Wistar, or Anatomical Museum of the University of ... horner.—Medical Topography of Brazil and Uruguay ; with Incidental Remarks, ..."

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