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Hunter vs Tanner - What's the difference?

hunter | tanner |

In given name|male|from=surnames terms the difference between hunter and tanner

is that hunter is transferred from the surname while tanner is , modern transferred use of the surname.

As proper nouns the difference between hunter and tanner

is that hunter is for a hunter while tanner is for a tanner.

hunter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
  • A dog used in hunting.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
  • * 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 480:
    • Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.
  • One who hunts or seeks after anything.
    • The hunter becomes the hunted.
    a fortune hunter
  • * Tennyson
    • No keener hunter after glory breathes.
  • A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
  • A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.

    • Derived terms

    * fortune hunter * white hunter

    Related terms

    * hunted * hunting

    See also

    * ("hunter" on Wikipedia) ----

    tanner

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tanneur or

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably from the name of the coin designer, (died 1775)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A former British coin, worth six old pence
    • Synonyms
    * sixpence * hog * (via Cockney rhyming slang) lord