Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horner

/hˈɔɹnɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: horner
IPA: /hˈɔɹnɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.

noun

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

Obsolete

noun

Someone who cuckolds.

Obsolete

noun

The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.

noun

Someone from the Horn of Africa.

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

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

Countable; Uncountable

name

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"Oromos are the most populous Horners, whilst Amharas are the most populous highland Horners"
"Havng aerobic endurance is a Horner trait"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: horner, hornere
Suffix: horn

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

horners (plural) more Horner (comparative) most Horner (superlative)

Phrases

Bernard-Horner syndrome Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome Horner's method Horner's rule Horner's scheme Horner's syndrome Horner syndrome Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction

Synonyms

Horn African

Homonyms

hoerner

Rhymes With

corner warner mourner dorner korner koerner boerner woerner borner thorner hoerner forner

Questions

How do you pronounce horner?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɔɹnɚ/.
What does horner mean?: Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.
Where does horner come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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