tamer

See also: Tamer

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪmɚ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From tame (verb) +‎ -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Noun

tamer (plural tamers)

1. One who tames or subdues.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Professor Challenger Goes Forth to Battle”, in The Land of Mist, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published 1926, →OCLC, page 212:

     Only Enid could dare him at such a time, and even she felt occasionally that sinking of the heart which the bravest of tamers may experience as he unbars the gate of the cage.

   • 1998, Derek Beaven, chapter 9, in Acts of Mutiny, London: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, part 1 (Motion), page 34:

     On the mantelshelf either side of the clock stood two lacquered bronzes of horse and tamer.

   • 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:

     You came back from that island alive! Mate, yeer a bloomin' freak of nature! Yer a master! Yer a true tamer of the high seas! Yer more man than I am!

Derived terms

• bear tamer
• brat tamer
• lion tamer

Translations

one who tames or subdues

• Arabic: مُرَوِّض m (murawwiḍ)
• Bulgarian: дресьор m (dresjor), звероукротител m (zveroukrotitel)
• Catalan: domador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馴養人 / 驯养人 (xúnyǎngrén)

• Czech: krotitel m
• Dutch: temmer (nl) c
• Esperanto: dresisto
• Finnish: kesyttäjä (fi)
• French: dresseur (fr) m, dresseuse (fr) f, dompteur (fr)
• German: Dompteur (de) m, Dompteuse (de) f, Bändiger m, Bändigerin f
• Greek: δαμαστής (el) m (damastís), θηριοδαμαστής (el) m (thiriodamastís) (of wild animals)
• Hebrew: מְאַלֵּף (he) m (mealéf)
• Hungarian: szelídítő (hu)
• Indonesian: penjinak (id)
• Italian: domatore (it) m, domatrice f
• Japanese: 調教師 (ja) (ちょうきょうし, chōkyōshi), 猛獣使い (mōjūtsukai)
• Latin: domitor m, domitrix f, domātor m (Late Latin)
• Polish: poskramiacz m, poskramiaczka f, poskromiciel m, poskromicielka f, pogromca (pl) m, pogromczyni (pl) f
• Portuguese: domador (pt)
• Romanian: îmblânzitor (ro) m, îmblânzitoare (ro) f
• Russian: дрессиро́вщик (ru) m (dressiróvščik), дрессиро́вщица (ru) f (dressiróvščica), (esp. of dangerous animals) укроти́тель (ru) m (ukrotítelʹ), укроти́тельница (ru) f (ukrotítelʹnica)
• Spanish: domador m, domadora f, amaestrador (es) m
• Tagalog: magbabangad (animal trainer)
• Ukrainian: прибо́ркувач (uk) m (prybórkuvač), прибо́ркувачка (uk) f (prybórkuvačka), муштрува́льник m (muštruválʹnyk), муштрува́льниця f (muštruválʹnycja)

Etymology 2

From tame (adjective) +‎ -er (suffix forming comparative adjectives).

Adjective

tamer

1. comparative form of tame: more tame

Anagrams

• 'mater, METAR, Marte, armet, mater, metra, ramet, terma, trema, tréma

Romansh

Alternative forms

• temair (Rumantsch Grischun)
• temer (Sursilvan)
• tameir (Surmiran)
• tmair (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin timeō, timēre.

Verb

tamer

1. (Sutsilvan) to fear, be afraid (of), be frightened (of)