horner

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   historical: a craftsperson who works animal horn into combs, vessels, handles, or other goods

   The horner softened the cattle horn before pressing it into a thin translucent sheet.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who blows or plays a horn

   The lead horner sounded the hunting call at dawn.

From Middle English hornere, formed from horn + the occupational suffix -er. Horners belonged to an established craft that turned animal horn into durable and sometimes translucent household objects.

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