turner

Meanings

Plural: turners

Noun

• United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
• United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)
• English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)
• United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
• a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
• a lathe operator
• one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope
• cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food
• One who or that which turns.
• A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
• A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
• A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
• A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
• An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
• An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.

Synonyms

fish slice, food turner, Frederick Jackson Turner, Henry Hubert Turner, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Nat Turner, spatula