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Meaning of turner

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Turner
      n 1: United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a
           rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and
           executed (1800-1831) [syn: {Turner}, {Nat Turner}]
      2: United States endocrinologist (1892-1970) [syn: {Turner},
         {Henry Hubert Turner}]
      3: English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color
         influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851) [syn:
         {Turner}, {Joseph Mallord William Turner}]
      4: United States historian who stressed the role of the western
         frontier in American history (1861-1951) [syn: {Turner},
         {Frederick Jackson Turner}]
      5: a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
      6: a lathe operator
      7: one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over
         in the game of jump rope
      8: cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long
         handle; used for turning or serving food [syn: {turner},
         {food turner}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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