penner

penner

See also: Penner

English

Etymology

    From pen + -er.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnə(ɹ)/
      • Audio (Southern England):(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