penner

See also: Penner

English

Etymology

pen + -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnə(ɹ)/
    • (file)
  • 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

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

penner m

  1. indefinite plural of penn
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