horner

plural horners

1. Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.

   The skin of any Bulls Forehead, either for its toughness, or other cause, is the only part of the Hyde made use of by Horners, whereupon they shave their Hornes […]to fit them for Lamphorns

   1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC

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   As also all patents for new inventions not put in practice within three years, likewise the several grants of incorporation to hatband makers, gutstring makers, spectacle makers, comb makers, tobacco-pipe makers, butchers, and horners.

   1873, Calendar of State Papers

2. obsoleteSomeone who blows a horn (for communication or musical purposes); a hornblower.
3. obsoleteSomeone who cuckolds.

   Sir, from the party, / The lady you should truck with, the lord's wife / Your worship is to dub, or to make free / Of the company of the horners.

   1624, Philip Massinger, “The Parliament of Love”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 4, scene 3, page 164

4. The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.
5. Someone from the Horn of Africa.

plural Horners

1. countableuncountableA surname.
2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Luccombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and West Somerset district before that (OS grid ref SS8945).
3. countableuncountableThe River Horner or Horner Water, a minor river in Somerset which passes through the hamlet.
4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States; from the surname.

plural Horners

1. informalSomeone who is from the Horn of Africa.

   Oromos are the most populous Horners, whilst Amharas are the most populous highland Horners

   Synonyms: Horn African

comparative more Horner · superlative most Horner

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Horn of Africa, its nations, or its inhabitants.

   Havng aerobic endurance is a Horner trait