tanner

IPA: tˈænɝ

A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
(Britain, colloquial) A former British coin worth six old pence.
A type of commercially-fished crab, Chionoecetes bairdi or Chionoecetes opilio.
A surname originating as an occupation for a tanner.
A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Limestone County, Alabama.
A locality in Washington County, Georgia.
An unincorporated community in Center Township, Greene County, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in LaRue County, Kentucky.
An unincorporated community in Scott County, Missouri.
A township in Kidder County, North Dakota.
An unincorporated community and former CDP, replaced by Riverpoint census-designated place, King County, Washington. May have been annexed by North Bend.
An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.

Examples of "tanner" in Sentences

Or maybe that self tanner is loaded with lead and mercury.
The "tanner" has now become a florin, and this afternoon the
But back in the day, the tanner was the guy who made leather goods out of animal hides.
The name tanner for a sixpence coin was first used at the beginning of the 19th century.
The tanner was a disgruntled man; he believed himself entitled to be a Nineteener, but he couldn't get recognition.
Well, believe it or not, new research suggests that some people are tanorexic, addicted to what they call a tanner's high.
The tanner was a tall, muscular man, clad in brown jeans, and with boots of a fair grade of leather drawn high over his trousers.
Of these the tanner was the ringleader, and he said to the other grumblers, "If we can get that lying cat off the pump, we can then take his money.
'To Mr. Borrow is due the discovery that the word _Jockey_ is of gypsy origin and derived from _chuckiri_, which means a whip,' and he credits Borrow with the discovery of the origin of 'tanner' for sixpence; he vindicates him as against Dr.A. F. Pott, -- a prince among students of gypsydom -- of being the first to discover that the English gypsies call the Bible the