turner

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
  2. noun United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)
  3. noun English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)

Etymology

From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).

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Synonyms

Nat Turner

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