tanner

Etymology 1

From Middle English tannere, from Old English tannere; and Old French tannour, equivalent to tan + -er.

noun

1. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

Etymology 2

Probably from the name of the coin designer, John Sigismund Tanner (died 1775)

noun

1. (Britain, colloquial) A former British coin worth six old pence.
   They'd say hello, maybe slip you a tanner. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 469

Etymology 3

noun

1. A type of commercially-fished crab, Chionoecetes bairdi or Chionoecetes opilio.
   The new plant is assumed to result in additions to the resident fleet during the tanner and dungeness crab seasons and function as a port of call for an increased number of trollers, resulting in more local seafood processing. 1979, United States. Bureau of Land Management, Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale
   There were a few Dungeness, a couple of blue kings and one small and indignant squid, but mostly the pot was filled with tanners, Chionoecetes bairdi & Chionoecetes opilio. 1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, page 7
   We had come here to catch tanner crab, which the Japanese were buying up as fast as we could catch them. 1993, Spike Walker, Working on the Edge

adj

1. comparative form of tan: more tan
   He was a lot tanner than I remembered, or maybe he just looked darker because of the change of light. 2011, Jasmine Rodriguez, Hematite, page 173