What is "dunner"

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

n. One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.

1. adj. of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and dreary prairie"

2. [also: dunning, dunned, dunnest, dunner]

1. v. 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

5. [also: dunning, dunned, dunnest, dunner]

1. n. 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]

3. [also: dunning, dunned, dunnest, dunner]

See dun

Dunner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Josef Hirsch Dunner (1913–2007), English rabbi
• Leslie Dunner (born 1956), American conductor and composer