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# tamer

«tamer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who tames or trains wild animals, such as a lion…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a tamer, tamers); adjective (comparative of tame: tame, tamer, tamest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tamer is a person who tames or trains wild animals, such as a lion tamer in an old-fashioned circus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamer/#m1)

2) Tamer is the comparative of «tame»: more gentle and used to people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamer/#m2)

3) Tamer can also mean milder or less exciting: «The second ride was tamer». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and history of circuses, «the lion tamer» appeared with a whip and chair; today many countries ban wild animals in circuses. In everyday talk, «tamer» compares things: a tamer roller coaster, a tamer joke. In science, foxes in a famous experiment became tamer over many generations. Phrases: «lion tamer», «much tamer», «a tamer version».

### examples

- The lion tamer stepped into the cage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamer/#x1)
- This roller coaster is much tamer than the big one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamer/#x2)
- Our new kitten is getting tamer every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamer/#x3)
- The horse tamer spoke softly to the wild horse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamer/#x4)
- The film for little children is a tamer version of the book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamer/#x5)
- Of the two squirrels, the grey one was tamer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamer/#x6)

### note

Two different words: the noun «a tamer» (person) and the adjective «tamer» (more tame). Adjective forms: tame, tamer, tamest.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tamer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.