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Tamer   /tˈeɪmər/   Listen
noun
Tamer  n.  One who tames or subdues.


adjective
Tame  adj.  (compar. tamer; superl. tamest)  
1.
Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
2.
Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. "Tame slaves of the laborious plow."
3.
Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
Synonyms: Gentle; mild; meek. See Gentle.





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"Tamer" Quotes from Famous Books



... in some lonely corner of moor and wood he lay full length on the grass revelling in one or other of his new possessions. He had a voracious way of tearing out the heart of a book first of all, and then beginning it again with a different and a tamer curiosity, lingering, tasting, and digesting. By the time he and Reuben reached home he had rushed through all three books, and his ...
— The History of David Grieve • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... his multifarious acquirements, had taken lessons from the great horse-tamer, and thought himself as well qualified as his master to subdue any animal of the species, however vicious. It was therefore with great pleasure he heard that there was a singularly refractory specimen ...
— Gryll Grange • Thomas Love Peacock
... TAMER'S SECRET.—Take Oil of Cummin, Oil of Rhodium and Horse Castor. Keep separate in air-tight bottles. Rub a little of the Oil of Cummin on your hand and approach the horse on the windward side, so that ...
— One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed • C. A. Bogardus
... imagine how much I like YOUNG PEOPLE, and how anxiously I wait till it comes. I have two canaries. Dick is yellow, and Bill is linnet green. Dick is tamer ...
— Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... approaching him and rubbing his back, after the manner which a celebrated horse-tamer advises. Then, watching his opportunity, he seized another quantity and pulled it forth. To his surprise, this elicited no remark from his victim, and he ...
— The Ranger - or The Fugitives of the Border • Edward S. Ellis


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