horner

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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 Lamphorns
   • 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.
2. 2

   Someone who blows a horn (for communication or musical purposes)

   Someone who blows a horn (for communication or musical purposes); a hornblower.

3. 3

   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.
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   1. 4

      The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.

   2. 5

      Someone from the Horn of Africa.

   3. 6

      A surname.

   4. 7

      A hamlet in Luccombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton…

      A hamlet in Luccombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and West Somerset district before that (OS grid ref SS8945).

   5. 8

      The River Horner or Horner Water, a minor river in Somerset which passes through the…

      The River Horner or Horner Water, a minor river in Somerset which passes through the hamlet.

   6. 9

      An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States

      An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States; from the surname.

   7. 10

      Someone who is from the Horn of Africa.

      • Oromos are the most populous Horners, whilst Amharas are the most populous highland Horners
   8. 11

      Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Horn of Africa, its nations, or its inhabitants.

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