penner

See also: Penner

English

Etymology

pen +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnə(ɹ)

Noun

penner (plural penners)

1. One who pens; a writer.
   • 1594, Hugh Broughton, A Seder Olam:

     the penners of those bookes

2. (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

• pennere, pener, pennar, pennare

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pennārium; equivalent to penne +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnər(ə)/, /ˈpɛnar(ə)/

Noun

penner

1. pen case

Descendants

• English: penner

References

• “penner, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

penner m

1. indefinite plural of penn