tanner

What it means

1. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
2. A person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin.

   Eighty-one-year-old [Martha] Stewart says that a spray tan before her debut Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover boosted her confidence. Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in Barbie, had a personal tanner on set.

   2023 June 17, “New bronze age: fake tan is back, and it won’t turn you orange”, in The Guardian

3. A long-horned beetle of species Prionus coriarius.

   Synonyms: sawyer

In a sentence

Eighty-one-year-old [Martha] Stewart says that a spray tan before her debut Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover boosted her confidence. Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in Barbie, had a personal tanner on set.

2023 June 17, “New bronze age: fake tan is back, and it won’t turn you orange”, in The Guardian

Where it comes from

1. Old Frenchtannour
2. Old Englishtannere
3. Middle Englishtannere
4. Englishtanner

From Middle English tannere, from Old English tannere; and Old French tannour, equivalent to tan + -er.