Turner

See also: turner

English

Etymology

An occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.

Proper noun

Turner

  1. An English and Scottish surname​.

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Latin tornus (“lathe, potter's wheel”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “carpenter's tool for drawing a circle; turning lathe”).

Noun

Turner m

  1. (Uri) A device used to turn cheese vats.

References
  • “Turner” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 21.

German

Etymology

Noun

Turner m (genitive Turners, plural Turner, feminine Turnerin)

  1. a male gymnast

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