penner
See also: Penner
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛnə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛnə(ɹ)
Noun
penner (plural penners)
- One who pens; a writer.
- 1594, Hugh Broughton, A Seder Olam:
- the penners of those bookes
- (historical) A case for holding pens.
- 2008, Robert Hull, Merchant, page 16:
- He collects his penner that holds his writing quills, his knife, and his horn tube containing ink. He carries these in his belt […]
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pennārium; equivalent to penne + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛnər(ə)/, /ˈpɛnar(ə)/
Noun
penner
Descendants
- English: penner
References
- “penner, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 April 2018.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
penner m
- indefinite plural of penn