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1. A tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
    
2. A lathe operator
    
3. One of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope
    
4. Cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food
   - food turner

1. United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
   - Nat Turner
    
2. United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)
   - Henry Hubert Turner
    
3. English landscape painter whose treatment of light and colour influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)
   - Joseph Mallord William Turner
    
4. United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
   - Frederick Jackson Turner
    
5. Liberal Prime Minister of Canada (1984)
   - John Turner

Derived forms: Turners, turners

See also: turn

Type of: cooking utensil, cookware, endocrinologist, freedom fighter, historian, historiographer, individual, insurgent, insurrectionist, mortal, painter, person, rebel, skilled worker, skilled workman, slave, somebody, someone, soul, trained worker, tumbler

Part of: turnverein

Encyclopedia: Turner, George Turner, Canberra Turner, Jack Turner, Indiana Turner, Australian Capital Territory Turner, Victor Witter Turner Turner, Alex Turner, Oregon Turner, Jack Charles Turner, OR Turner, Michigan Turner, Or Turner, Ontario Turner, Maine Turner, Kansas Turner, KS Turner, MI Turner, ME