Turner (Noun)
Meaning 1
One of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope.
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 2
United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951).
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Meaning 3
A tumbler who is a member of a turnverein.
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 4
Cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 5
English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851).
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Meaning 6
United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831).
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Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Nat Turner was a pivotal figure in American history, leading a major slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831.
- Turner's rebellion, which resulted in the deaths of over 50 white people, sent shockwaves throughout the South.
- The life of Nat Turner was immortalized in the 1967 novel "The Confessions of Nat Turner" by William Styron.
- Turner's rebellion was seen as a catalyst for stricter slave laws and greater control over the slave population.
- The Nat Turner rebellion was one of the most significant slave uprisings in the United States prior to the Civil War.