What does Pannier mean?

Definitions for Pannier
ˈpæn yər, -i ərpan·nier

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. panniernoun

    either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)

  2. panniernoun

    a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person

  3. panniernoun

    set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips

Wiktionary

  1. panniernoun

    A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders.

  2. panniernoun

    A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.

  3. panniernoun

    One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side.

  4. Etymology: From panier, from panarium, from panis.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Panniernoun

    A basket; a wicker vessel, in which fruit, or other things, are carried on a horse.

    Etymology: panier, French.

    The worthless brute
    Turns a mill, or drags a loaded life,
    Beneath two panniers, and a baker’s wife. Dryden.

    We have resolved to take away their whole club in a pair of panniers, and imprison them in a cupboard. Addison.

Wikipedia

  1. Pannier

    A pannier is a basket, bag, box, or similar container, carried in pairs either slung over the back of a beast of burden, or attached to the sides of a bicycle or motorcycle. The term derives from a Middle English borrowing of the Old French panier, meaning 'bread basket'.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Panniernoun

    a bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass

  2. Panniernoun

    a shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles

  3. Panniernoun

    a table waiter at the Inns of Court, London

  4. Panniernoun

    a framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle

  5. Etymology: [F. panier, fr. L. panarium a bread basket, fr. panis bread. Cf. Pantry.]

Wikidata

  1. Pannier

    A pannier is a basket, bag, box, or similar container, carried in pairs either slung over the back of a beast of burden, or attached to the sides of a bicycle or motorcycle. The term derives from the Old French, from Classical Latin, word for bread basket.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pannier

    pan′yėr, or pan′i-ėr, n. a bread-basket: one of two baskets thrown across a horse's back, for carrying light produce to market: (archit.) a corbel: a contrivance for puffing out a woman's dress at the hips: a piece of basket-work for protecting archers, or, when filled with gravel or sand, for forming and protecting dikes, embankments, &c.—adj. Pann′iered, loaded with panniers. [Fr. panier—L. panarium, a bread-basket—panis, bread.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. pannier

    A shield of basket-work formerly used by archers, who set them up in their front. Also a basket, usually slung in pairs over the back of a beast of burden to carry a load. The term is also applied to leather bags to be used in the same way, and especially to cases for carrying medicines.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PANNIER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pannier is ranked #46037 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pannier surname appeared 463 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pannier.

    96.7% or 448 total occurrences were White.
    2.1% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pannier in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pannier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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