Definition of Tamer

1. Noun. An animal trainer who tames wild animals.

Generic synonyms: Animal Trainer, Handler
Derivative terms: Tame

Definition of Tamer

1. n. One who tames or subdues.

Definition of Tamer

1. Noun. One who tames or subdues. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tamer

1. one that tames [n -S] - See also: tames

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamer

tamburins
tamburitza
tamburs
tame
tameable
tameableness
tamed
tamed iodine
tamein
tameins
tameless
tamelessness
tamely
tameness
tamenesses
tamer (current term)
tamers
tames
tamest
tametraline
tamias
tamil
tamin
tamine
tamines
taming
tamings
tamins
tamis
tamise

Literary usage of Tamer

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

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1901)
"Such is the story-book lion-tamer, and I may as well say at once that outside ... Of course a wild-beast tamer should have a quick eye and a delicate sense ..."

2. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"An Amateur tamer torn to Pieces.—A Lion attacks its Keeper in ... An amateur lion-tamer was killed a short time since, at Ballein, in Belgium. ..."

3. Before the Footlights and Behind the Scenes: a Book about "the Show Business by Olive Logan (1870)
"An Amateur tamer torn to Pieces. — A Lion attacks its Keeper in Wisconsin. ... An amateur lion-tamer was killed a short time since, at Ballein, in Belgium. ..."

4. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"An Amateur tamer torn to Pieces.—A Lion attacks its Keeper in Wisconsin. ... The regular lion-tamer of the show was ill, and the director proposed to ..."

5. The Night Side of London by Robert Machray (1902)
"He continues, ' Now, ladies and gentlemen, I must tell you that the lion-tamer enters this cage at the risk of his life. I must request you all to keep ..."

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