Tanner Meaning
/ˈtænɚ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
nounA person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin.
Sentence Examples
Tom is a tanner.
Mine is the white car parked next to the tan pickup truck.
The tanner treated the animal skins to make durable leather.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After soaking animal skins in chemicals, the ____ carefully prepared the leather for use.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A ____ is a person whose job is to work with animal skins and turn them into leather through the process of tanning today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English tannere, from Old English tannere; and Old French tannour, equivalent to tan + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Eighty-one-year-old [Martha] Stewart says that a spray tan before her debut Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover boosted her confidence. Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in Barbie, had a personal tanner on set."
— 2023 June 17, “New bronze age: fake tan is back, and it won’t turn you orange”, in The Guardian:
"[A]s you are so flash of your money, though you say you are poor, you may give me a tanner to buy a little baccy with; […]"
— 1851, George Borrow, chapter III, in Lavengro; the Scholar—the Gypsy—the Priest. […], volume II, London: John Murray […], →OCLC, page 32:
"They'd say hello, maybe slip you a tanner."
— 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 469:
"The new plant is assumed to result in additions to the resident fleet during the tanner and dungeness crab seasons and function as a port of call for an increased number of trollers, resulting in more local seafood processing."
— 1979, United States. Bureau of Land Management, Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale:
"There were a few Dungeness, a couple of blue kings and one small and indignant squid, but mostly the pot was filled with tanners, Chionoecetes bairdi & Chionoecetes opilio."
— 1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 7:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After soaking animal skins in chemicals, the ____ carefully prepared the leather for use.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A ____ is a person whose job is to work with animal skins and turn them into leather through the process of tanning today.