Search Result:turner




Overview of noun turner

The noun turner has 8 senses


  • Turner, Nat Turner -- (United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831))

  • Turner, Henry Hubert Turner -- (United States endocrinologist (1892-1970))

  • Turner, Joseph Mallord William Turner -- (English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851))

  • Turner, Frederick Jackson Turner -- (United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951))

  • turner -- (a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein)

  • turner -- (a lathe operator)

  • turner -- (one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope)

  • turner, food turner -- (cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food)