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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

tamer
    n 1: an animal trainer who tames wild animals

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tamer \Tam"er\, n.
   One who tames or subdues.
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3. 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.
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   2. Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
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            Tame slaves of the laborious plow.    --Roscommon.
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   3. Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat;
      insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
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   Syn: Gentle; mild; meek. See Gentle.
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Thesaurus Results for Tamer:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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