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tamer![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Tamer \Tam"er\, n. One who tames or subdues. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Tame \Tame\, a. [Compar. Tamer; superl. Tamest.] [AS. tam; akin to D. tam, G. zahm, OHG. zam, Dan. & Sw. tam, Icel. tamr, L. domare to tame, Gr. ?, Skr. dam to be tame, to tame, and perhaps to E. beteem. [root]61. Cf. Adamant, Diamond, Dame, Daunt, Indomitable.] 1. Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird. [1913 Webster] 2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. [1913 Webster] Tame slaves of the laborious plow. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster] 3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery. [1913 Webster] Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See Gentle. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
tamer
n 1: an animal trainer who tames wild animals
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 26 Moby Thesaurus words for "tamer": breaker, breeder, broncobuster, buckaroo, cattleman, cow keeper, cowman, dairy farmer, dairyman, equerry, farrier, grazier, groom, horseshoer, hostler, rancher, ranchero, ranchman, sheepman, stableboy, stableman, stock raiser, stockbreeder, stockkeeper, stockman, trainer Matching Word(s) Tame Tamper Lamer Namer Timer Taber Taker Taper Tawer Taxer Tamed tame tamper namer timer taker taper tater taxer tamed lamer Tamar Hamer Ramer
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