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tanner

1

[tan-er]

noun

  1. a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.



tanner

2

[tan-er]

adjective

  1. comparative of tan.

tanner

3

[tan-er]

noun

  1. British Slang.a sixpenny piece.

Tanner

4

[tan-er]

noun

  1. Henry Ossawa 1859–1937, U.S. painter, in France after 1891.

tanner

1

/ ˈæə /

noun

  1. a person who tans skins and hides

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tanner

2

/ ˈæə /

noun

  1. (formerly) an informal word for sixpence

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tanner1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English tanner(e), tannour, late Old English tannere; tan 1, -er 1

Origin of tanner2

First recorded in 1805–15; origin uncertain
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tanner1

C19: of unknown origin
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Nasal tanners are designed to be sprayed into the nostrils and are claimed to work by delivering a substance known as Melanotan II, a chemical that darkens skin pigmentation.

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Bong has given the leader TV aspirations; the makeup team has given him orange tanner.

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Nasal tanners are designed to be sprayed into the nostrils and claim to work by administering a substance known as Melanotan II, a chemical that darkens skin pigmentation.

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And I had been an apprentice tanner a few weeks out of the year.

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When he returned to Germany, he searched all over the country for a traditional tanner who could teach him the craft and found one in Bad Hindelang, where Bensmann still lives today.

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