horner
English
Etymology
From Middle English horner, hornere, equivalent to horn + -er.
Noun
horner (plural horners)
- One who works or deals in horn or horns.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Grew to this entry?)
- 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) One who blows a horn.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sherwood to this entry?)
- (obsolete) One who horns or cuckolds.
- 1624, Philip Massinger, “The Parliament of Love”, in Gifford, William, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger[1], Act 4, Scene 3, published 1845, 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.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “horner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
horner (plural horners)
- A horner; an individual who works with horn.
- (rare) A hornblower; an individual who blows a horn.
Descendants
- English: horner
References
- “horner(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-08.
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