# piner

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A torturer.
2. An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease.
3. Someone who is pining for something.

## Etymology
From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/piner