Antonyms for tamer


Grammar : Adj
Spell : teym
Phonetic Transcription : teɪm


Definition of tamer

Origin :
  • Old English tom, tam "domesticated, docile," from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (cf. Old Norse tamr, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tam, Old High German zam, German zahm "tame," Gothic tamjan "to tame"), from PIE *deme- "to constrain, to force, to break (horses)" (cf. Sanskrit damayati "tames;" Persian dam "a tame animal;" Greek daman "to tame, subdue," dmetos "tame;" Latin domare "to tame, subdue;" Old Irish damnaim "I tie up, fasten, I tame, subdue"). Possible ulterior connection with PIE *dem- "house, household" (see domestic). Meaning "spiritless, weak, dull" is recorded from c.1600.
  • adj domesticated, compliant
  • adj dull, uninteresting
Example sentences :
  • Now the town gathered to see the notorious "bad-man" and his tamer.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • Thus, then, did they celebrate the funeral of Hector tamer of horses.
  • Extract from : « The Iliad » by Homer
  • And the tamer he took into his palace, and he dwelt with him.
  • Extract from : « Sagas from the Far East » by Various
  • A tamer of horses was he, and a man mighty in the hunt and in battle.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Dawn » by Elsie Finnimore Buckley
  • The half-breeds, however, were tamer and slightly lighter in color.
  • Extract from : « The Popular Science Monthly, June, 1900 » by Various
  • She needed taming, and Jesse's reputation as a tamer was established.
  • Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
  • It is Morok, the tamer of wild beasts, surnamed the Prophet.
  • Extract from : « The Wandering Jew, Complete » by Eugene Sue
  • May we hear, sir, how you changed from a tamer of wild tigers to a tamer of wild passions?
  • Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda
  • The tamer, already impatient at its delay, calls and scolds it.
  • Extract from : « Acrobats and Mountebanks » by Hugues Le Roux
  • We Europeans had to use the lady elephant, as being the tamer of the two.
  • Extract from : « From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan » by Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky

Synonyms for tamer

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