Turner

From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.

Turner (countable and uncountable, plural Turners)

1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
2. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
   2. An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.
   3. Former name of Tuttle, California.
   4. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Indiana.
   5. A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas.
   6. A town and census-designated place therein, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
   7. A township and village therein, in Arenac County, Michigan.
   8. An unincorporated community in Blaine County, Montana.
   9. A city in Marion County, Oregon.
   10. An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Washington.
   11. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
   12. Other townships in Minnesota, Oklahoma (2) and South Dakota.

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Turner (plural Turners)

1. A person who has Turner syndrome.
   • 1960, Institute of Biology Journal:

     […] and that the chromatin-negative Turners are XO with 45 chromosomes.

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From Latin tornus (“lathe, potter's wheel”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “carpenter's tool for drawing a circle; turning lathe”).

Turner m

1. (Uri) A device used to turn cheese vats.

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 21.

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Turner m (strong, genitive Turners, plural Turner, feminine Turnerin)

1. a male gymnast

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