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piner¹

Where it comes from

From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.

noun piners

  1. obsolete A torturer.
  2. An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease.
  3. rare Someone who is pining for something.

piner²

Where it comes from

Apparently from Middle Dutch piner, pijner (Dutch pijnder), from pinen, pijnen (“to labour, toil”).

noun piners

  1. Scotland A labourer, especially a turf cutter.

piner³

Where it comes from

From pine (“type of tree”) + -er.

noun piners

  1. Tasmania Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade. Then there was Bunny D—, an Aboriginal piner who had been in the camps with Dad and who was famed for his bush skills.
  2. Southern US Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander.

Piner⁴

proper noun Piners

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.

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@misc{piner_2026,
  title = {piner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/piner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}