Turner Meaning
/ˈtɝ.nɚ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who or that which turns.
nounA person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
Sentence Examples
Mr Turner bade farewell to his colleagues.
Turner stands out among the painters of his time.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The master ____ carefully shaped the wooden leg on the old lathe machine.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
J.M.W. ____ was a famous English painter who is best known for his beautiful and expressive landscape paintings today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Everyone kept turning around and craning their necks to look at the gaps, and Miss Griffin gave all the turners and craners paralyzing stares whenever she caught their eye."
— 2016, Robin Stevens, Murder Is Bad Manners, page 236:
"[…] and that the chromatin-negative Turners are XO with 45 chromosomes."
— 1960, Institute of Biology Journal:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The master ____ carefully shaped the wooden leg on the old lathe machine.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
J.M.W. ____ was a famous English painter who is best known for his beautiful and expressive landscape paintings today.