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Definition: HORNER

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One who works or deal in horn or horns.[Websters]
2. One who winds or blows the horn.[Websters]
3. One who horns or cuckolds.[Websters]
4. The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus).[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Horner" is a common misspelling or typo for: horned, hornet, hornier, horners, thorner.

Date "Horner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references)

Specialty Definition: HORNER

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] One who works or deals in horns.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Geography Horner is geographically located in Germany. Its features include a farm (a tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture). Its geographic coordinates are 48.266667 degrees North latitude and 12.933333 degrees East longitude. (references)
Literature Horner One who blows the hunting-horn; a huntsman or master of the hounds. Little Jack Horner was master of the Abbot of Glastonbury's hounds. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Wikipedic Horner is an English surname that derives from the occupation horner who is a person who cuts the horns off of cattle, or deals in horns, or plays a horn. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: HORNER

Expressions Definition
Arthur Horner Arthur Horner (1916-1997) was an Australian cartoonist whose work published in the London Guardian and Melbourne Age newspapers. (references)
Bob Horner James Robert "Bob" Horner (born August 6, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman/first baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Atlanta Braves (1978-1986) and St. Louis Cardinals (1988). He was born in Junction City, Kansas. (references)
Chris Horner Chris Horner (born October 23 1971) is a professional American cyclist who currently rides for the European Saunier Duval-Prodir cycling team. Originally from Bend, Oregon, Horner has been a dominating figure in the American road racing scene, riding with Mercury in 2000, Prime Alliance in 2002, Saturn in 2003 and Webcor Builders in 2004. (references)
Christian Horner Christian Horner is a former race car driver born in the United Kingdom on the November 16, 1973. He is also the previous team principal for GP2 Series team Arden Motorsport, and is now principal for the Formula One outfit Red Bull Racing. (references)
Chuck Horner Chuck F. Horner (1948 - ) is a retired USAF general. During Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, he commanded the American aerial forces, as well as those of the American allies. (references)
Cynthia Horner Cynthia Horner (born circa 1970) is a renowned writer and magazine editor. An African-American woman, Horner is based in New York City. (references)
Henry Horner Henry Horner (November 30, 1879 - October 6, 1940) was a Democrat governor of Illinois, serving from 1933 to 1940. He died in office. (references)
Jack Horner (paleontologist) John "Jack" R. Horner (born June 15, 1946) is an American paleontologist who discovered and named the Maiasaura, providing the first clear evidence that dinosaurs cared for their young. In addition to his many paleontological discoveries, Jack served as the technical advisor for all three of the Jurassic Park films, and even served as partial inspiration for the movie's lead character, Dr. Alan Grant. (references)
John Henry Horner John Henry (Jack) Horner, PC (July 20 1927-November 18 2004) is a rancher and former Canadian politician and Cabinet minister. (references)
John S. Horner John Scott Horner also known as Litle Jack Horner (1802 - February 3, 1883) was a U.S. politician, Governor of Michigan Territory, 1835-1836 and Secretary of Wisconsin Territory, 1836-1837. (references)
Leonard Horner Leonard Horner (January 17, 1785 - March 5, 1864), Scottish geologist, brother of Francis Horner, was born in Edinburgh. (references)
Little Jack Horner Little Jack Horner is a nursery rhyme. (references)
Maxine Horner Senator Maxine Horner was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1933. She graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and received her BA from Langston University. She is married to the late Donald M. Horner and they have two children, Shari Tisdale, and Donald M Horner Jr. She has several grandchildren, her first grandchild Corey Tisdale-Warren is a political staffer for Congressman Dan Boren and a law student at The University of Oklahoma. Senator Horner served in the Oklahoma State Legislature for over 18 years before retiring. Senator Horner was the first African American Women Senator for Oklahoma. Senator Horner held the position as Democratic Caucus Chair, Vice Chair, Adult Literacy Advisory Comm, Appropriations, Education and Chair, Government Operations, Judiciary, Redistricting, Congressional Redistricting, and, Tourism. Senator Horner is best known for commitment to education and the arts. Senator Horner is the founder of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame and created OLAP a program that allows children from low income homes to attend a Oklahoma state university tuition free. (references)
Mike Horner Mike Horner ( born February 3, 1955 ) is an American porn star. He is sometimes credited as Don Hart , Don Horner or Johnny Wilson. (references)
Red Horner George Reginald "Red" Horner (May 29, 1909 - April 27, 2005) was an ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1928 to 1940. He was the Leafs captain from 1938 until his retirement. He helped the Leafs win their first Stanley Cup in 1932. Horner was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965. (references)
Tim Horner Tim Horner is a professional wrestler best known for his "Lightning Express" tag team with Brad Armstrong. (references)
William George Horner William George Horner (1786 - September 22, 1837) was a British mathematician who was born in Bristol England and died in Bath England. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: HORNER

Expressions Domain Definition
Horner law Medicine Color blindness is transmitted from males to males through unaffected females. Source: European Union. (references)
Horner muscle Medicine A thin layer of fibers that originates at the posterior lacrimal crest and passes outward and forward, dividing into two slips which surround the caniculi, and becomes continuous with the pretarsal portion of the orbicularis oculi muscle and the muscle of Riolan. Source: European Union. (references)
Jack Horner Literature 1: For solution see Notes and Queries, xvi. 156; xvii. 83. In Latin alcaics, thus:
2: Hornerus edit crustula Christanica;
3: Et dixit, ut pruna extrahebat
4: Pollice, `Quam sum ego suavis in fans !"
5: "Sedens Johannes parvus in angulo
6: The Lincoln Herald, Jan. 13, 1832.
7: (See Jack .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: HORNER

Horner

Horner is an English surname that derives from the occupation horner who is a person who cuts the horns off cattle, or deals in horns, or plays a horn.

Horner refers to:

  • People named Horner
    • Bob Horner (1957–), American professional baseball player
    • Chris Horner (1971–), American bicyclist
    • Christian Horner (1973–), race car driver
    • Chuck Horner (1936–), American General
    • Cynthia Horner, American writer and magazine editor
    • Cynthia Horner, M.D., late fiancée of John Perry Barlow, who died in 1994.
    • Dave Peter Horner, Nephew of Big Country drummer Mark Brzezicki
    • David Horner, Australian military historian
    • Jack Horner is the name of several persons
    • Henry Horner (1879–1940), Illinois Governor
    • James Horner (1953–), American composer of film scores
    • Johann Caspar Horner (1734–1834), Swiss physicist and astronomer
    • Johann Friedrich Horner (1831–1886), an ophthalmologist, the namesake of the Horner's syndrome
    • John Henry Horner, also known as Cactus Jack (1927–2004), Canadian rancher, politician, and former cabinet minister
    • Leonard Horner (1785–1864), Scottish geologist
    • Red Horner (1909–2005), Canadian hockey player
    • William George Horner (1786–1837), British mathematician, the namesake of the Horner scheme
  • Places named Horner
    • Horner, Somerset, England

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Horner". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: HORNER

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Jack Horner 46     Albert Horner 5
Bob Horner 23     Alex Kapp Horner 3
Jack Horner (Fables) 22     Arthur Horner 9
Horner scheme 21     Arthur Horner (cartoonist) 3
James Horner 20     Arthur Horner (politician) 4
John Horner 17     Bob Horner 23
Chuck Horner 16     Charles Horner (jeweller) 3
John S. Horner 16     Chris Horner 14
Doug Horner 14     Christian Horner 9
Chris Horner 14     Christopher Horner 7
John Horner (police) 9     Christopher Horner (director) 5
River Horner 9     Chuck Horner 16
Christian Horner 9     Cynthia Horner 8
Jack Horner (politician) 9     David Horner 5
Hugh Horner 9     Doug Horner 14
Arthur Horner 9     Florence Sally Horner 5
Jack Horner (paleontologist) 8     Francis Horner 4
Red Horner 8     Harry Horner 4
Cynthia Horner 8     Henry Horner 7
Little Jack Horner 7     Horner 3
USS T. D. Horner (1859) 7     Horner scheme 21
Christopher Horner 7     Hugh Horner 9
Henry Horner 7     Jack Horner 46
Tim Horner 6     Jack Horner (Fables) 22
Phil Horner 6     Jack Horner (journalist) 4
Mike Horner 6     Jack Horner (paleontologist) 8
John Horner (politician) 5     Jack Horner (politician) 9
Joseph Horner Fletcher 5     James Horner 20
Albert Horner 5     Jeff Horner 4
Leonard Horner 5     Johann Friedrich Horner 4
Christopher Horner (director) 5     John Horner 17
Norval Horner 5     John Horner (police) 9
Florence Sally Horner 5     John Horner (politician) 5
David Horner 5     John S. Horner 16
Ralph Horner 5     Joseph Horner Fletcher 5
Sam Horner 4     Leonard Horner 5
Jack Horner (journalist) 4     Little Jack Horner 7
Johann Friedrich Horner 4     Maxine Horner 3
Harry Horner 4     Mike Horner 6
Francis Horner 4     Norman Horner 3
Arthur Horner (politician) 4     Norval Horner 5
Jeff Horner 4     Phil Horner 6
Horner 3     Ralph Horner 5
Norman Horner 3     Red Horner 8
Suzanne Horner 3     River Horner 9
Arthur Horner (cartoonist) 3     Robert Horner 3
Charles Horner (jeweller) 3     Sam Horner 4
Robert Horner 3     Suzanne Horner 3
Maxine Horner 3     Thomas Horner 2
William George Horner 3     Tim Horner 6
Alex Kapp Horner 3     USS T. D. Horner (1859) 7
Thomas Horner 2     William George Horner 3

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"horner" is a common misspelling or typo for: horned, hornet, hornier, horners, thorner.

Synonyms: horner
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 cape, dime, direction, horn, Hornes, horns, promontory, cornerer, beaker, snouter, trumpeter, tusker.
Consider also: alarmist, bugler, tooter, armer, angler, edger, cupper, butter, honker, hooter, noser, trumper, dropper, piller, administration, conduct, bearing, command, course, guidance, address, charge, control, headland, instruction, management, rule, aspect, counsel, ness, order, point, prescription.

Verb

 compete.

Adjective

 ancient, angular.
Consider also: antiquated, antique, old, angled, bony, gaunt, lean, obsolete, skinny, spare, scrawny, gangling, rangy, serrated, rude, stilted, jagged, antediluvian, past, primitive.

Other

 owler, knobber, marbler, by-corner, cornered, horn-like, horn-shaped.

Expression

 a tenth of a dollar, dramatic role, horn of an animal, something in the shape of a horn, three-legged wine-cup.
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Computed Synonyms: horner

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   45.2095   horner     flarer     blazer, flasher, glower, gleamer, flamer   
 2   32.2096   horner     armer     hander, brancher, limber, shanker, legger   
 3   32.2096   horner     cornerer     angler, edger, recesser, tipper, spotter   
 4   27.2096   horner     boomer     roarer, poler, rumbler, beamer, staffer   
 5   27.2092   horner     influencer     impactor, effector, affector, leverager, powerer   
 6   26.2095   horner     cusper     peaker, pointer, tipper, apexer, summiter   
 7   25.2095   horner     powerer     strengther, forcer, mightor, vigourer, influencer   
 8   21.3097   horner     coner     taperer, beller, darter, barber, spurrer   
 9   21.3094   horner     clarioner     trumpeter, bugler, tooter, blarer, clearer   
 10   21.2095   horner     clouter     rager, puncher, basher, slapper, thumper   
 11   21.2093   horner     leverager     influencer, powerer, forcer, clouter, effector   
 12   19.2097   horner     forcer     powerer, strengther, compeller, violencer, vigourer   
 13   19.2095   horner     tuber     piper, vatter, barreler, barreller, bulber   
 14   19.2093   horner     strengther     powerer, forcer, vigourer, mightor, vigorer   
 15   19.2092   horner     prestiger     reputationer, renowner, famer, glamourer, creditor   
--------------------     670 synonyms ranked from 16 to 685 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: horner

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.2090   horner     opium eater     opium smoker, junkie, hashish smoker   
 2   1.1083   horner     a tenth of a dollar     horn of an animal, character, corner   
 3   1.0087   horner     dramatic role     wrestle, angle, dime   
 4   1.0081   horner     Chinese musical note     a Chinese foot, angle, a ruler   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: horner

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.6697   Horner muscle     Horner's muscle         
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: HORNER

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Balgarski свирач на рог (Horner), хорнист (Horner), майстор на рогови изделия (Horner). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) svirach na rog (Horner), khornist (Horner), maystor na rogovi izdeliya (Horner). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian hráč na roh (Horner), hřebenář (Horner), trumpetista (trumpeter, Horner), narkoman inhalující heroin (Horner), hornista (Horner). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian свирач на рог (Horner), хорнист (Horner), майстор на рогови изделия (Horner). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) svirach na rog (Horner), khornist (Horner), maystor na rogovi izdeliya (Horner). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina hráč na roh (Horner), hřebenář (Horner), trumpetista (trumpeter, Horner), narkoman inhalující heroin (Horner), hornista (Horner). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 吹号角者 (horner), 角 (angle, horn, Chinese musical note, corner, horns). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 吹號角者 (horner). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech hráč na roh (Horner), hřebenář (Horner), trumpetista (trumpeter, Horner), narkoman inhalující heroin (Horner), hornista (Horner). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Daco-Rumanian gornist (blower, bugler, Horner), cornist (Horner, trumpeter). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Hornersch (Horner). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
German Hornersch (Horner). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 뿔 세공인 (Horner), 아편쟁이 (opium eater, opium smoker, junkie, Horner, junky), 뿔나팔부는 사람 (Horner), 뿔피리 부는 사람 (horner). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 뿔 세공인 (Horner), 아편쟁이 (opium eater, opium smoker, junkie, Horner, junky), 뿔나팔부는 사람 (Horner), 뿔피리 부는 사람 (horner). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Hornersch (Horner). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Hornersch (Horner). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian suonatore di corno (horn player, horner), pettini (combs, horner, heckle, Reeds), fabbricante d'articoli di corno (horner), cornista (horn player, horner). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 角細工人 (horner), 角者 (Horner, hornist, horners), ボブ・ホーナー (Bob Horner). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 뿔 세공인 (Horner), 아편쟁이 (opium eater, opium smoker, junkie, Horner, junky), 뿔나팔부는 사람 (Horner), 뿔피리 부는 사람 (horner). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Moldavian gornist (blower, bugler, Horner), cornist (Horner, trumpeter). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Romanian gornist (blower, bugler, Horner), cornist (Horner, trumpeter). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Rumanian gornist (blower, bugler, Horner), cornist (Horner, trumpeter). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
Urdu شاخ گر۔ سینگ کا کاریگر۔ کمنگر۔ نرسنگھا بجانے والا (Horner). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, Horner. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: HORNER

Language Translations for “Horner” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin Ornerhay (Horner). Additional references: Pig Latin, Horner. (volunteer)
Terran B Hornist (Horner). Additional references: Terran B, Horner. (volunteer)
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