punner

¹

[ puhn-er ]

noun

1. a person who puns; punster.

punner

²

[ puhn-er ]

noun

1. a rammer for compacting earth or fresh concrete.

Word History and Origins

Origin of punner¹

First recorded in 1680–90; pun + -er ¹

Origin of punner²

1605–15; pun dial. form of pound ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

I am trying to find something negative to say about the man – he smoked non-stop and absented himself sometimes in deafness, but he was, by the world’s standards as well as by my own, a very good person; extremely slow to anger, a punner and puzzler, a lover of languages, with great independence of mind.

From The Guardian

It should come as no surprise, then, that “Winter Punderland” isn’t the first time Gunderson has tapped into his punner heritage during the holidays.

From Los Angeles Times

Somers, a consummate punner and a gifted storyteller whose witticisms were recorded in popular books of the time, was known for the kind of verbal dexterity that is one of the hallmarks of Williams syndrome, though it wouldn’t have been identified as such in the 16th century.

From Time

No point attempting a pay-off line after that, but Vine did reveal that the word for a compulsive punner is "paronomasiac".

From The Guardian

Foundations are usually executed by excavators or navvies, and the tools and implements used are boning rods, level pegs, lines, spirit level, pickaxe, various shovels, wheel-barrow, rammer or punner, &c.

From Project Gutenberg