TANNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tanner mean? 

• TANNER (noun)
  The noun TANNER has 2 senses:

1. a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970

2. a craftsman who tans skins and hides

  Familiarity information: TANNER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANNER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

sixpence; tanner

Hypernyms ("tanner" is a kind of...):

coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A craftsman who tans skins and hides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tanner" is a kind of...):

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

Derivation:

tan (treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather)

 Context examples 

Then he rolled over on his side with a heavy, sobbing sigh, saying: A sixpence is a tanner, and a shilling a bob; but what a pony is I don’t know.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Done with you for a tanner! said the long-legged young man, and directly got upon his cart, which was nothing but a large wooden tray on wheels, and rattled away at such a rate, that it was as much as I could do to keep pace with the donkey.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)