A person who tans animal hides to make leather, or informally, someone who works to achieve a suntan.
From Middle English, from Old French 'taneur', derived from 'tan' meaning bark used in tanning. The bark of oak trees was traditionally used to process animal hides into leather.
Tanning was one of the most important but smelly trades in medieval times - tanners were often required to set up shop outside town walls because of the odor! The connection between leather-making and getting a suntan comes from the browning effect both processes produce.
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