skinner
skinner · skinners
скорняк
Someone who skins animalsSomeone who skins animals.
US/skˈɪnɚ/
Meaning
6 sensesSomeone who skins animals.
скорня́кskornják
a person who prepares or deals in animal skins
A hunting knife used for skinning animal carcasses.
A machine used for removing the skin from animal carcasses.
One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
(Canada, derogatory, slang)A child sexual abuser.
(slang)An instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.
Translations
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By meaning 1
someone who skins animals:
Origin
From Middle English skynner, skinner, skynnere, schynnere, equivalent to skin + -er. CognaFrom Middle English skynner, skinner, skynnere, schynnere, equivalent to skin + -er. Cognate with Old Norse skinnari (“skinner”), Old Swedish skinnare (“skinner”), Middle Low German schinder, schinner (“skinner”).
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Forms
plural: skinnersSynonyms
8 synonymsClose in meaning
- United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990):Fred SkinnerB. F. SkinnerBurrhus Frederic Skinner
- United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979):Cornelia Otis Skinner
- United States actor (1858-1942):Otis Skinner
- a worker who drives mules:muleteermule skinnermule driver
Word family
3 related wordsRelatedskin