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{{also|Canner}}
==English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|canner||maker of cans}}, originally from the noun {{m|enm|canne}} and equivalent to {{suffix|en|can|er|id2=occupation|pos2=occupational suffix}}. The modern senses reflect other meanings of the suffix {{m|en|-er}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkænəɹ/}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-canner.ogg|a=AU|IPA=/ˈkænə/}}
* {{rhymes|en|ænə(ɹ)|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# Someone or something which [[can]]s.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1937|title=Technology Review|volume=40|page=100
|passage=One machine in which Mr. Taylor takes special pride is a salmon '''canner''', which engulfs a whole salmon, decapitates and decaudates it, skins it, blows out its viscera, cuts it into pieces, deposits them in the can, sterilizes them {{...}}}}
# A large [[pot]] used for processing [[jar]]s when [[preserving]] [[food]], either in a boiling [[water]] [[bath]] or by capturing [[steam]] to elevate the [[pressure]] and [[temperature]].
# {{lb|en|US|slang}} Someone who lives off [[w:Container-deposit legislation|container deposit]] refunds from recycling.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=May 27 2007|author=Jon Mooallem|title=[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/magazine/27Bottle-t.html The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration]|journal=w:New York Times|pageurl=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/magazine/27Bottle-t.html?pagewanted=7|page=7
|passage=Yet many '''canners''' told me that they can easily earn a daily wage of 20 or 30 dollars; each then recycles upward of 600 containers every day.}}
#* '''2009''', {{w|Camilo Jose Vergara}}, ''[http://www.slate.com/id/2236946/ 125th and Lex: The most complicated, disturbing, and lively intersection in New York City. A photo essay.]'', {{w|Slate.com}}, December 3, 2009:
#*: Among the crowds are ordinary working people shopping at the Pathmark, as well as down-and-out "'''canners'''" bringing their cans and bottles to the recycling station on East 124th Street.
# An [[animal]] yielding [[inferior]] [[meat]] best suited to [[can]]ning.
#: {{cot|en|cutter}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1905|author=United States. Bureau of Corporations|title=Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the Beef Industry|page=89
|passage=Bulls and cows used for breeding, when finally sent to market, are inferior for dressed-beef production. Bulls are demanded especially for sausage and similar products. Cows are largely used as cutters and '''canners''' {{...}}}}

====Derived terms====
* [[pressure canner]]

{{cln|en|terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)|terms suffixed with -er (relational)}}

==French==
[[File:Flechten Sitzfläche Stuhl.JPG|thumb|right|Caning a chair]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-canner.wav}}

===Verb===
{{fr-verb}}

# to [[cane]], to furnish a chair with overlapping strips of [[cane]], [[reed]] or [[rattan]]
#: {{syn|fr|joncer|rempailler}}
# {{lb|fr|Quebec|informal}} to [[can]]
#: {{syn|fr|mettre en conserve}}
# {{lb|fr|France|slang}} to [[die]]
#: {{syn|fr|mourir|clamser|clamecer|passer l'arme à gauche}}

====Conjugation====
{{fr-conj-auto}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|cannere|kannere}}

===Etymology===
From {{af|enm|canne|-er}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/ˈkanər(ə)/}}

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{tlb|enm|rare}} A manufacturer of cans.
# {{tlb|enm|rare|Late ME}} A machine that removes impurities from wine.

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|canner}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=canner |pos=n  |id=MED6675 |accessdate=2018-07-23}}

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