Horner

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From Middle English hornere.

Horner (countable and uncountable, plural Horners)

1. A surname.
2. A hamlet in Luccombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and West Somerset district before that (OS grid ref SS8945). ^[1]
3. The River Horner or Horner Water, a minor river in Somerset which passes through the hamlet.
4. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States; from the surname.

From Horn +‎ -er.

Horner (plural Horners)

1. (informal) Someone who is from the Horn of Africa.

   Oromos are the most populous Horners, whilst Amharas are the most populous highland Horners

• The term Horner also sometimes functions as a panethnic umbrella term or catch-all term for the Afroasiatic groups in the Horn of Africa, such as Omotic people, Ethiosemitic people (Habasha), Muqedians (Muqedites) and Cushites considered collectively. Sometimes Nilotic ethnic groups are also included under the Horner umbrella.

• Horn African

Horner (comparative more Horner, superlative most Horner)

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Horn of Africa, its nations, or its inhabitants.

• Herron, Rohner