horner

Meaning

  1. Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.
  2. (obsolete) Someone who blows a horn (the musical instrument); a hornblower.
  3. (obsolete) Someone who cuckolds.
  4. The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.
  5. Someone from the Horn of Africa.

Synonyms

Frequency

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Etymology

In summary

From Middle English horner, hornere, equivalent to horn + -er.

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