See Skinner on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "da", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Danish", "name": "bor" } ], "etymology_text": "The family surname is occupational in origin, meaning \"one who prepares skins\". Before becoming used as a surname the word skinner was commonly used to identify someone who treated animal skins.\nAlternatively, it may be borrowed from Danish and meaning \"Keeper of Robes\" or \"skins then worn\" which also hints at the historical connection to tradespeople who were involved with furs and hides.", "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "Skinner", "name": "en-prop" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "name", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English surnames", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 103, 110 ] ], "ref": "2014 January 17, Miriam Falco, “Some states hit harder by flu this year”, in CNN:", "text": "“As typical of a flu season, some areas are being harder hit than other areas,” said CDC spokesman Tom Skinner.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A surname originating as an occupation." ], "id": "en-Skinner-en-name-Ng4uA~tx", "links": [ [ "surname", "surname" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in Missouri, USA", "orig": "en:Places in Missouri, USA", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Places in the United States", "orig": "en:Places in the United States", "parents": [ "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "place", "langcode": "en", "name": "Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA", "orig": "en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA", "parents": [ "Unincorporated communities", "Places" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "7 93", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "9 91", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "9 91", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "derived": [ { "_dis1": "21 79", "word": "Skinner's maxim" } ], "glosses": [ "An unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri, United States." ], "id": "en-Skinner-en-name-RDvm1JuF", "links": [ [ "unincorporated community", "unincorporated community" ], [ "Audrain County", "Audrain County#English" ], [ "Missouri", "Missouri#English" ], [ "United States", "United States#English" ] ], "related": [ { "_dis1": "21 79", "word": "Sckynner" }, { "_dis1": "21 79", "word": "Shinners" }, { "_dis1": "21 79", "word": "Skiner" }, { "_dis1": "21 79", "word": "Skinners" }, { "_dis1": "21 79", "word": "Skyner" }, { "_dis1": "21 79", "word": "Skyniar" }, { "_dis1": "21 79", "word": "Skynnar" }, { "_dis1": "21 79", "word": "Skynner" }, { "_dis1": "21 79", "word": "Skynnere" }, { "_dis1": "21 79", "word": "Skynners" } ] } ], "word": "Skinner" }
{ "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English proper nouns", "English surnames from Danish", "English terms borrowed from Danish", "English terms derived from Danish", "English uncountable nouns", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "derived": [ { "word": "Skinner's maxim" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "da", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Danish", "name": "bor" } ], "etymology_text": "The family surname is occupational in origin, meaning \"one who prepares skins\". Before becoming used as a surname the word skinner was commonly used to identify someone who treated animal skins.\nAlternatively, it may be borrowed from Danish and meaning \"Keeper of Robes\" or \"skins then worn\" which also hints at the historical connection to tradespeople who were involved with furs and hides.", "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "Skinner", "name": "en-prop" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "name", "related": [ { "word": "Sckynner" }, { "word": "Shinners" }, { "word": "Skiner" }, { "word": "Skinners" }, { "word": "Skyner" }, { "word": "Skyniar" }, { "word": "Skynnar" }, { "word": "Skynner" }, { "word": "Skynnere" }, { "word": "Skynners" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English surnames", "English surnames from occupations", "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 103, 110 ] ], "ref": "2014 January 17, Miriam Falco, “Some states hit harder by flu this year”, in CNN:", "text": "“As typical of a flu season, some areas are being harder hit than other areas,” said CDC spokesman Tom Skinner.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A surname originating as an occupation." ], "links": [ [ "surname", "surname" ] ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Places in Missouri, USA", "en:Places in the United States", "en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA" ], "glosses": [ "An unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri, United States." ], "links": [ [ "unincorporated community", "unincorporated community" ], [ "Audrain County", "Audrain County#English" ], [ "Missouri", "Missouri#English" ], [ "United States", "United States#English" ] ] } ], "word": "Skinner" }
Download raw JSONL data for Skinner meaning in All languages combined (2.1kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (85b9f46 and 1b6da77). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.