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Webster 1913 Edition
Horner
Horn′er
,Noun.
1.
One who works or deal in horn or horns.
[R.]
Grew.
2.
One who winds or blows the horn.
[Obs.]
Sherwood.
3.
One who horns or cuckolds.
[Obs.]
Massinger.
4.
(Zool.)
The British sand lance or sand eel (
Ammodytes lanceolatus
). Webster 1828 Edition
Horner
HORN'ER
,Noun.
1.
One who winds or blows the horn.Definition 2025
Horner
Horner
English
Proper noun
Horner
- A surname.
Noun
Horner (plural Horners)
- (informal) Someone who is from the Horn of Africa.
Synonyms
horner
horner
English
Noun
horner (plural horners)
- One who works or deals in horn or horns.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Grew to this entry?)
- 1873, Calendar of State Papers
- As also all patents for new inventions not put in practice within three years, likewise the several grants of incorporation to hatband makers, gutstring makers, spectacle makers, comb makers, tobacco-pipe makers, butchers, and horners.
- (obsolete) One who blows a horn.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sherwood to this entry?)
- (obsolete) One who horns or cuckolds.
- 1624, Massinger, Philip, “The Parliament of Love”, in Gifford, William, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, Act 4, Scene 3, published 1845, page 164:
- Sir, from the party, / The lady you should truck with, the lord's wife / Your worship is to dub, or to make free / Of the company of the horners.
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- The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.