warner

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/ˈwɔː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)/

noun

One who warns.

CommonScrabble 9

Meanings

warner1

nounwarner (plural warners)

plural warners

  1. One who warns.

    And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Indeed, I am to you a clear warner"

    1997, Umm Muhammad (Emily Assami), Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley, transl., The Qur'an (Saheeh International), Abul Qasim Publishing House, surah 11, verse 25

warner2

nounwarner (plural warners)

plural warners

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of warrener.

Warner3

proper nounWarner (countable and uncountable, plural Warners)

plural Warners

  1. A surname.
    1. countableuncountableA surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval given name, from Germanic war, warin "cautious; heedful; wary; watchful" + her, heri "army", modern German Werner.
    2. countableuncountableA surname originating as an occupation, reduced from Warrener.
  2. countableA male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
  3. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada; in full, the County of Warner No. 5.
    2. countableuncountableA village in Alberta, within the above county.
    3. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.
    5. countableuncountableA town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
    6. countableuncountableA town in Brown County, South Dakota.
    7. countableuncountableA town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
    8. countableuncountableA suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, named after James Warner (surveyor).

Origin

Warner · proper noun

* English, Norman, and German surname, all corresponding to German Werner. Also see Warrener. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Murnáin (“descendant of Murnán”); see Murnane.

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Translations

Catalan Guarner
  • Guarnermale given name of Germanic origin
Danish Verner
  • Vernermale given name of Germanic origin
Estonian Verner
  • Vernermale given name of Germanic origin
Finnish Verneri
  • Vernerimale given name of Germanic origin
German Werner
  • Wernermale given name of Germanic origin
Italian Guarnieri, Guarnierio
  • Guarnierimale given name of Germanic origin
  • Guarnieriomale given name of Germanic origin
  • Varneriomale given name of Germanic origin
  • Irneriomale given name of Germanic origin
Latvian Verners
  • Vernersmale given name of Germanic origin
Swedish Verner
  • Vernermale given name of Germanic origin

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APA

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MLA

“warner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warner. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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