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tanner (root: tan)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tanner has 2 senses
- tanner(n = noun.possession) sixpence - a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970; Array is a kind of coin
- tanner(n = noun.person) Array - a craftsman who tans skins and hides; Array is a kind of artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman
Derived form verb tan1
CIDE DICTIONARY
tanner, n.
One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan. [1913 Webster]
tanner, n. [Etym. uncertain.].
A sixpence. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tanner, n. a person who tans hides.
tanner, n. Brit. hist. sl. a sixpence.
Etymology
19th c.: orig. unkn.
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