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skinner

/ˈskɪnə/SKIH-nur
/ˈskɪnɚ/SKIH-nur

Meaningone who skins

Common meaning: a dealer in hides

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)skinn‘a skin’source
  2. Middle Englishskinsource
  3. Englishskin‘the outer covering of the body’
  4. Englishformed in English from skinskinner‘a dealer in hides’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from skin + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SKIN, p.558 · scan

Source words

  • skinn Old Norse (Icelandic) · source word “a skin, hide”

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