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canner¹
- /ˈkænəɹ/
Rhymes with -ænə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English canner (“maker of cans”), originally from the noun canne and equivalent to can + -er (occupational suffix). The modern senses reflect other meanings of the suffix -er.
noun canners
- Someone or something which cans. One machine in which Mr. Taylor takes special pride is a salmon canner, which engulfs a whole salmon, decapitates and decaudates it, skins it, blows out its viscera, cuts it into pieces, deposits them in the can, sterilizes them […]
- A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
- Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling. Yet many canners told me that they can easily earn a daily wage of 20 or 30 dollars; each then recycles upward of 600 containers every day.
- An animal yielding inferior meat best suited to canning. Bulls and cows used for breeding, when finally sent to market, are inferior for dressed-beef production. Bulls are demanded especially for sausage and similar products. Cows are largely used as cutters and canners […]
Canner²
Where it comes from
Occupational surname for a maker or seller of cans, from can + -er.
proper noun Canners
- A surname originating as an occupation.
Talk about this word "canner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/canner. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. canner. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/canner "canner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/canner.Cite this
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title = {canner},
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