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Webster 1913 Edition


Horner

Horn′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who works or deal in horn or horns.
[R.]
Grew.
2.
One who winds or blows the horn.
[Obs.]
Sherwood.
3.
One who horns or cuckolds.
[Obs.]
Massinger.
4.
(Zool.)
The British sand lance or sand eel (
Ammodytes lanceolatus
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Horner

HORN'ER

,
Noun.
One who works or deals in horns.
1.
One who winds or blows the horn.

Definition 2024


Horner

Horner

See also: horner and Hörner

English

Proper noun

Horner

  1. A surname.

Noun

Horner (plural Horners)

  1. (informal) Someone who is from the Horn of Africa.

Synonyms

horner

horner

See also: Horner and Hörner

English

Noun

horner (plural horners)

  1. One who works or deals in horn or horns.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Grew to this entry?)
    • 1873, Calendar of State Papers
      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. (obsolete) One who blows a horn.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sherwood to this entry?)
  3. (obsolete) One who horns or cuckolds.
    • 1624, Massinger, Philip, The Parliament of Love”, in Gifford, William, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, Act 4, Scene 3, published 1845, page 164:
      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.
  4. The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.