piner

English

Etymology 1

From pine (“languish, grieve”) +‎ -er.

Noun

piner (plural piners)

1. (obsolete) A torturer.
2. An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease.
3. (rare) Someone who is pining for something.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

piner (plural piners)

1. (Scotland) A labourer, especially a turf cutter.

Etymology 3

From pine (“type of tree”) +‎ -er.

Noun

piner (plural piners)

1. (Tasmania) Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade.
   • 2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 152:

     Then there was Bunny D—, an Aboriginal piner who had been in the camps with Dad and who was famed for his bush skills.

2. (Southern US) Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander.

Danish

Etymology 1

See pine (“torment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːnər/,

Noun

piner c

1. indefinite plural of pine

Etymology 2

See pine (“to torment, torture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːnər/,

Verb

piner

1. present of pine

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ne/

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Verb

piner

1. (vulgar) to fuck, to dick

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

piner m or f

1. indefinite plural of pine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

piner f

1. indefinite plural of pine