Noun
- 1. Turner, Nat Turner
- usage: United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
- 2. Turner, Henry Hubert Turner
- usage: United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)
- 3. Turner, Joseph Mallord William Turner
- usage: English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)
- 4. Turner, Frederick Jackson Turner
- usage: United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
- 5. turner, tumbler
- usage: a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
- 6. turner, skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
- usage: a lathe operator
- 7. turner, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
- usage: one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope
- 8. turner, food turner, cooking utensil, cookware
- usage: cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food
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