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One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.

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  1. n. One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.
  2. n. A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
  3. n. A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
  4. n. a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
  5. n. a lathe operator
  6. n. one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope
  7. n. cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food
  8. 1. One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe. 2. (Zoöl.) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler. A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.
  9. n. United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831) n. United States endocrinologist (1892-1970) n. English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)