Turner

Turner

See also: turner

English

Etymology

From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.

Proper noun

Turner (countable and uncountable, plural Turners)

1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
2. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporatedcommunity in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
   2. An unincorporatedcommunity in Phillips County, Arkansas.
   3. Former name of Tuttle, California.
   4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Clay County, Indiana.
   5. A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas.
   6. A town and census-designated place therein, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
   7. A township and village therein, in Arenac County, Michigan.
   8. An unincorporatedcommunity in Blaine County, Montana.
   9. A city in Marion County, Oregon.
   10. An unincorporatedcommunity in Columbia County, Washington.
   11. An unincorporatedcommunity in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
   12. Other townships in Minnesota, Oklahoma (2) and South Dakota.

Derived terms

• Turner County

Noun

Turner (plural Turners)

1. A person who has Turner syndrome.
   • 1960, Institute of Biology Journal:

     […] and that the chromatin-negative Turners are XO with 45 chromosomes.

Anagrams

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Alemannic German

Etymology

From Latin tornus (“lathe, potter's wheel”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “carpenter's tool for drawing a circle; turning lathe”).

Noun

Turner m

1. (Uri) A device used to turn cheese vats.

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 21.

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German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

Turner m (strong, genitive Turners, plural Turner, feminine Turnerin)

1. a male gymnast

Declension

Declension of Turner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Turner	die	Turner
genitive	eines	des	Turners	der	Turner
dative	einem	dem	Turner	den	Turnern
accusative	einen	den	Turner	die	Turner

Further reading

• “Turner” in Duden online
• “Turner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache