tawyer

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UK/ˈtɔɪ.ə/US, Northern, Western/ˈtɔɪ.ɚ/US, Southern/ˈtɔ.jɚ/

A form of tawer — One who taws

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Meanings

nountawyer (plural tawyers)

plural tawyers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of tawer.

    If the skins were bought from the butcher or fellmonger by a tawyer or whittawyer, rather than a tanner, the process used was different.

    2018 July 30, Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Leatherwork and Tanning, Pen and Sword, →ISBN

Origin

From taw + -yer.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tawyer

lawyeremployersawyerdestroyerfoyer
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Anagrams

waterytawery
Cite this entry
APA

tawyer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawyer

MLA

“tawyer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawyer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tawyer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawyer.

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