turner   (TTS Sound)

The noun turner has 8 senses

• Turner, Nat Turner -- (United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831))


• Turner, Henry Hubert Turner -- (United States endocrinologist (1892-1970))


• Turner, Joseph Mallord William Turner -- (English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851))


• Turner, Frederick Jackson Turner -- (United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951))


• turner -- (a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein)


• turner -- (a lathe operator)


• turner -- (one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope)


• turner, food turner -- (cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food)