Turner

Etymology

An occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.

Proper noun

Turner

1. An English and Scottish surname​.

Anagrams

• return

Etymology

From Latin tornus (“lathe, potter's wheel”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “carpenter's tool for drawing a circle; turning lathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”).

Noun

Turner m

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

References

• Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 21.

Noun

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

1. a male gymnast

Further reading

• Turner in Duden online