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horner¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English horner, hornere, equivalent to horn + -er.

noun horners

  1. Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns. The skin of any Bulls Forehead, either for its toughness, or other cause, is the only part of the Hyde made use of by Horners, whereupon they shave their Hornes […]to fit them for Lamphorns
  2. obsolete Someone who blows a horn (for communication or musical purposes); a hornblower.
  3. obsolete Someone who cuckolds. Sir, from the party, / The lady you should truck with, the lord's wife / Your worship is to dub, or to make free / Of the company of the horners.
  4. The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.
  5. Someone from the Horn of Africa.

Horner²

Where it comes from

From Middle English hornere.

proper noun Horners

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Luccombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and West Somerset district before that (OS grid ref SS8945).
  3. countable, uncountable The River Horner or Horner Water, a minor river in Somerset which passes through the hamlet.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States; from the surname.

Horner³

Where it comes from

From Horn + -er.

noun Horners

  1. informal Someone who is from the Horn of Africa. Oromos are the most populous Horners, whilst Amharas are the most populous highland Horners

    Similar: Horn African

adjective more Horner · most Horner

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Horn of Africa, its nations, or its inhabitants. Havng aerobic endurance is a Horner trait

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: attaché, hornsman, hornist, alto hornist, tenor hornist, horseman, hornblower, herdsperson, horsetrader, horsemaster, french hornist, saxhornist, english hornist, horse trader, hammerer, horse-trader

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@misc{horner_2026,
  title = {horner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}