Meaning of Turner | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who or that which turns.
2. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
   countable, uncountable
3. An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
4. An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.
   historical
5. A person who has Turner syndrome.
6. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
7. A male given name.
   countable, uncountable
8. A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
9. A placename.
   countable, uncountable
10. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
    countable, uncountable
11. A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
12. A number of places in the United States:
    countable, uncountable
13. An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
    countable, uncountable
14. A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
15. An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.
    countable, uncountable
16. Former name of Tuttle, California.
    countable, uncountable
17. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Indiana.
    countable, uncountable
18. A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas.
    countable, uncountable
19. A town and census-designated place therein, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
    countable, uncountable
20. A township and village therein, in Arenac County, Michigan.
    countable, uncountable
21. An unincorporated community in Blaine County, Montana.
    countable, uncountable
22. A city in Marion County, Oregon.
    countable, uncountable
23. An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Washington.
    countable, uncountable
24. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
    countable, uncountable
25. Other townships in Minnesota, Oklahoma (2) and South Dakota.
    countable, uncountable
26. Ellipsis of Turner Township.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
27. Ellipsis of Turner County.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Everyone kept turning around and craning their necks to look at the gaps, and Miss Griffin gave all the turners and craners paralyzing stares whenever she caught their eye.”

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

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