skinner

Meaning

1. Someone who skins animals.
2. A hunting knife used for skinning animal carcasses.
3. A machine used for removing the skin from animal carcasses.
4. One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
5. (derogatory, slang) A sex offender.
6. (slang) An instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.

Synonyms

furrier

teamster

flayer

mule driver

fur-dresser

muleteer

mule skinner

tanner

fleecer

cheat

fur trader

currier

driver

lorry driver

peeler

sharper

swindler

Translations

pelletier

vilder

Pelzhändler

arrier

traginer

Skinner

Abdecker

Abhäutemesser

Häutemesser

Hautmesser

δερματέμπορος

εκδέρων

mulattiere

scorticatore

afzetter

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: skynner

Cognate with Old Norse: skinnari

Cognate with Middle Low German: schinder

In summary

From Middle English skynner, skinner, skynnere, schynnere, equivalent to skin + -er. Cognate with Old Norse skinnari (“skinner”), Old Swedish skinnare (“skinner”), Middle Low German schinder, schinner (“skinner”).