Home › Words › T › tinnertinnertinner means A surname originating as an occupation.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tinner ranks #14,815 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyOccupational surname from tinner.nameA surname originating as an occupation.nounA tinsmith.A worker in a tin mine.e.g.“The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record.” — 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:The pied wagtail.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).