turner
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- Regno Unito//ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)//
- Stati Uniti//ˈtɝ.nɚ//
One who or that which turns.
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One who or that which turns.
Everyone kept turning around and craning their necks to look at the gaps, and Miss Griffin gave all the turners and craners paralyzing stares whenever she caught their eye.
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A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
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A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
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A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
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A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
Etimologia
From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).
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An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
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From German Turner (“gymnast”).
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storicoAn old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.
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