1. a person whose job is to tan animal hides to make leather
2. a sixpence coin
Usage: British; informal; historical

Examples

• The tanner worked with cowhides to produce high-quality leather.
• My grandfather was a tanner who supplied leather to local shoemakers.
• The old tanner’s workshop had a distinctive smell from the chemicals used in the process.
• She found an old tanner in her grandmother’s purse.
• In Victorian times, a tanner could buy you a loaf of bread.
• The children collected tanners to buy sweets from the corner shop.