taverner

¹ American  

[tav-er-ner] / ˈtæv ər nər /

noun

1. the owner of a tavern.

2. Obsolete. a frequenter of taverns.

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Taverner ² American  

[tav-er-ner] / ˈtæv ər nər /

noun

1. John, 1490?–1545, English organist and composer.

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taverner ¹ British  

/ ˈtævənə /

noun

1. archaic a keeper of a tavern

2. obsolete a constant frequenter of taverns

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Taverner ² British  

/ ˈtævənə /

noun

1. John. ?1495–1545, English composer, esp of church music; best known for the mass Western Wynde , based on a secular song

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Etymology

Origin of taverner

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French tavernier. See tavern, -er ²

Example Sentences

And here's my host of the Three Mariners, My creditor and trusty taverner, My corporal in the Great Artillery!

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The office over, he lingered until St Agapit came to him, and the taverner then repeated the confession which he had already made, with such disastrous consequences, to Laroche.

From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John

Marry, at the door even hereby;      If we call anything on high,      The taverner will answer.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew

My father was a taverner at Mosul and he died and left me much money.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

"I doubt," answered the taverner, "it will be easier to get the Old Ship to look what she ort, than it will be to get you to look again like a publican's son."

From The Broom-Squire by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)