horner
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English horner, hornere, equivalent to horn + -er.
Noun[edit]
horner (plural horners)
- Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.
- 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:
- The skin of any Bulls Forehead, either for its toughness, or other cause, is the only part of the Hyde made use of by Horners, whereupon they shave their Hornes […] to fit them for Lamphorns
- 1873, Calendar of State Papers:
- As also all patents for new inventions not put in practice within three years, likewise the several grants of incorporation to hatband makers, gutstring makers, spectacle makers, comb makers, tobacco-pipe makers, butchers, and horners.
- (obsolete) Someone who blows a horn (the musical instrument); a hornblower.
- (obsolete) Someone who cuckolds.
- 1624, Philip Massinger, “The Parliament of Love”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger[1], published 1845, act 4, scene 3, page 164:
- Sir, from the party, / The lady you should truck with, the lord's wife / Your worship is to dub, or to make free / Of the company of the horners.
- The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.
References[edit]
- “horner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
horner
- Alternative form of hornere