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English word origin

Etymology of piner

From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

A torturer. · An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease. · Someone who is pining for something.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A labourer, especially a turf cutter.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Apparently from Middle Dutch piner, pijner (Dutch pijnder), from pinen, pijnen (“to labour, toil”).

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  • Derivation mentionpinerdum
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Source etymology 3

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noun

Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade. · Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From pine (“type of tree”) + -er.

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