Horner
adjEtymology From Horn + -er.
1
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Horn of Africa, its nations, or its inhabitants.
horner
nounalso spelled HornerEtymology From Middle English horner, hornere, equivalent to horn + -er.
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Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.
- The skin of any Bulls Forehead, either for its toughness, or other cause, is the only part of the Hyde made use of by Horners, whereupon they shave their Hornes […]to fit them for Lamphorns1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:
- 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.1873, Calendar of State Papers:
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Obsolete Someone who blows a horn (for communication or musical purposes); a hornblower.
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Obsolete Someone who cuckolds.
- 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.1624, Philip Massinger, “The Parliament of Love”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 4, scene 3, page 164:
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The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.
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Someone from the Horn of Africa.