tanner — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

2. A person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin.

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   Eighty-one-year-old [Martha] Stewart says that a spray tan before her debut Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover boosted her confidence. Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in Barbie, had a personal tanner on set.

3. A long-horned beetle of species Prionus coriarius.

   Synonyms

   sawyer

Noun

1. A former British coin worth six old pence.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Colloquial

   Synonyms

   hoglordsixpence

   Examples

   [A]s you are so flash of your money, though you say you are poor, you may give me a tanner to buy a little baccy with; […]

   They'd say hello, maybe slip you a tanner.

Noun

1. Any of several spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes, especially Chionoecetes bairdi and Chionoecetes opilio.

   Examples

   Near-synonym: snow crab

   More examples (2)

   The new plant is assumed to result in additions to the resident fleet during the tanner and dungeness crab seasons and function as a port of call for an increased number of trollers, resulting in more local seafood processing.

   There were a few Dungeness, a couple of blue kings and one small and indignant squid, but mostly the pot was filled with tanners, Chionoecetes bairdi & Chionoecetes opilio.

   We had come here to catch tanner crab, which the Japanese were buying up as fast as we could catch them.

Noun

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

   Synonyms

   sixpence

   Broader terms

   coin

2. a craftsman who tans skins and hides

   Broader terms

   artisanartificer