turner
turner Lexical Profile
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• noun
A skilled craftsperson or machinist who shapes wood, metal, or other materials on a lathe.
"The master turner carefully chiselled the spinning block of maple to create a symmetrical table leg."
A flat-bladed kitchen utensil used for lifting and flipping foods such as pancakes, eggs, or burgers while cooking.
"She slid the metal turner beneath the pancake and flipped it cleanly onto the other side."
A gymnast or tumbler, especially a member of the German-American Turnverein athletic and cultural societies.
"In the nineteenth century, local turners established gymnasiums that promoted physical education across the Midwest."
• Rhymes for turner
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English turner or turnour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French tornour, denoting a craftsman who shapes wood or metal on a lathe. The athletic sense meaning 'gymnast' was borrowed in the 19th century from German Turner, coined by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn from the verb turnen ('to perform gymnastics').