Tanner

Quick meaning: Tanner is a noun meaning A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

Meaning

A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

More Meanings

1. A person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin.
2. A long-horned beetle of species Prionus coriarius.
3. (British, colloquial) A former British coin worth six old pence.
4. Any of several spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes, especially Chionoecetes bairdi and Chionoecetes opilio.
5. comparative form of tan: more tan

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: snow crab

They'd say hello, maybe slip you a tanner.

He was a lot tanner than I remembered, or maybe he just looked darker because of the change of light.

We had come here to catch tanner crab, which the Japanese were buying up as fast as we could catch them.

Word Forms

• tanners

Synonyms for tanner

Depending on context, synonyms include sawyer, hog, lord, sixpence.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sixpence, crab, downer, cameras, currier, fellmonger.

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