Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who blows a horn; a horn-player; a trumpeter.
  • noun One who works or deals in horn.
  • noun One who horns or cuckolds.
  • noun In old Scots law, one who had been put to the horn, or publicly denounced and proscribed; an outlaw.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare One who works or deal in horn or horns.
  • noun obsolete One who winds or blows the horn.
  • noun obsolete One who horns or cuckolds.
  • noun (Zoöl.) The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who works or deals in horn or horns.
  • noun obsolete One who blows a horn.
  • noun obsolete One who horns or cuckolds.
  • noun The British sand lance or sand eel, Ammodytes lanceolatus.

Etymologies

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horn +‎ -er

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  • n. One who works or deals in horn or horns.

    Is horn a non-count noun?!

    July 13, 2016