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TURNER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food
Synonyms:
food turner; turner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("turner" is a kind of...):
cooking utensil; cookware (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turner"):
fish slice (a food turner with a broad blade used for turning or serving fish or other food that is cooked in a frying pan)
pancake turner (turner for serving or turning pancakes)
spatula (a turner with a narrow flexible blade)
Derivation:
turn (cause to move around a center so as to show another side of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("turner" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A lathe operator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("turner" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Derivation:
turn (shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("turner" is a kind of...):
tumbler (a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.)
Holonyms ("turner" is a member of...):
turnverein (a club of tumblers or gymnasts)
Derivation:
turn (accomplish by rotating)
Sense 5
Meaning:
United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
Synonyms:
Frederick Jackson Turner; Turner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)
Sense 6
Meaning:
English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)
Synonyms:
Joseph Mallord William Turner; Turner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
painter (an artist who paints)
Sense 7
Meaning:
United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)
Synonyms:
Henry Hubert Turner; Turner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
endocrinologist (physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system)
Sense 8
Meaning:
United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
Synonyms:
Nat Turner; Turner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
freedom fighter; insurgent; insurrectionist; rebel (a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions))
slave (a person who is owned by someone)
Context examples:
I knelt beside him for some minutes, and then made my way to Mr. Turner’s lodge-keeper, his house being the nearest, to ask for assistance.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Boscombe Pool, which is a little reed-girt sheet of water some fifty yards across, is situated at the boundary between the Hatherley Farm and the private park of the wealthy Mr. Turner.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When Mrs. Turner has brought in the tray I will make it clear to you.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
One was an old woman, whose name is not mentioned, and the other was William Crowder, a game-keeper in the employ of Mr. Turner.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“It is said that Mr. Turner, of the Hall, is so ill that his life is despaired of.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is the more strange, since we know that Turner himself was averse to the idea.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Turner was apparently the richer man, so McCarthy became his tenant but still remained, it seems, upon terms of perfect equality, as they were frequently together.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
McCarthy had one son, a lad of eighteen, and Turner had an only daughter of the same age, but neither of them had wives living.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I am a dying man,” said old Turner.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Turner had a considerable household, some half-dozen at the least.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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