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Definition of Tanner
1. Noun. A small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Generic synonyms: Coin
2. Noun. A craftsman who tans skins and hides.
Definition of Tanner
1. n. One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
2. n. A sixpence.
Definition of Tanner
1. Proper noun. (surname A=An occupational from=Middle English dot=) for a tanner. ¹
2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name), modern transferred use of the surname. ¹
3. Etymology. (suffix tan er) ¹
4. Etymology. (coin) probably from the name of the coin designer, John Sigismund Tanner (died 1775) ¹
5. Noun. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan. ¹
6. Noun. (British colloquial) A coin, the sixpenny bit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tanner
1. one that tans [n -S] - See also: tans
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tanner
Literary usage of Tanner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1898)
"WW tanner, THOMAS (1630-1082), historian, son of a London citizen, was born in
tin; parish of St. Matthew in 1030. He was educated at St. Paul's school, ..."
2. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy (1840)
"AND THE tanner OF TAMWORTH. Was a story of great fame among our ancestors.
The author of the " Art of English Poesie," 1589, 4to. seems to speak of it as a ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1828)
"61in« in, ii • .1 ic ^1 satisfactorily ac- Pending the correspondence between
the plaintiff and the defendant tanner, the assignees under the commission ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Other pamphlets were issued by him to clear his order from tanner the false ...
Fleeing from the Swedes, tanner died at Unken, an insignificant village near ..."
5. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley (1814)
"John tanner, third son of Thomas tanner, of Market Lavington, Wilts, and younger
brother of Bishop tanner, was born in 1684, and educated at Queen's College ..."
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