Dunner

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dunner \Dun"ner\, n. [From {Dun} to ask payment from.]
     One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  dun
       adj : of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and
             dreary prairie"
       n 1: horse of a dull brownish gray color
       2: a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun
          raincoat" [syn: {grayish brown}, {greyish brown}, {fawn}]
       v 1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
            teacher" [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {bedevil}, {crucify}, {frustrate}]
       2: persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his
          customers every day by telephone"
       3: cure by salting; "dun codfish"
       4: make a dun color
       [also: {dunning}, {dunned}, {dunnest}, {dunner}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dunner
       See {dun}