Horner
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Horner is a noun meaning Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.
Meaning
Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.
More Meanings
- The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.
- Someone from the Horn of Africa.
- (obsolete) Someone who blows a horn (for communication or musical purposes); a hornblower.
- (obsolete) Someone who cuckolds.
Example Sentences
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 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
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.
Word Forms
- horners
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hornsman, hornist, horseman, hornblower, herdsperson, horsetrader.
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