Etymology

pinner

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Today it means: A headdress like a cap, with long lappets. Full definition →

Middle English pynner
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pinner · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited frompynner
  2. English todaypinner

From Middle English pynner, pynnere, pinnere, equivalent to pin + -er.

pinner · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited frompindere
  2. English todaypinner

Variant of pinder, from Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, equivalent to pend (“to pen”) + -er.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishpindere all →

pinder

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