United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958)
"The famous Warner brothers were a celebrated American filmmaking family known for producing the first synchronized sound film."
someone who gives a warning to others
"The fire warden acted as an eager warner, shouting loudly to alert everyone about the approaching smoke."
One who warns.
"The archaic text describes a warner as an obsolete term for a warrener, referring to someone who manages hawks."
Obsolete form of warrener.
In plain English: A warner is someone who gives you an early warning about something bad that might happen.
"The town warner sounded the alarm when he spotted smoke rising from the forest."
A surname.
"The Warner family has lived in that house for three generations."
A patronymic surname, from given names derived from a medieval given name, from Germanic war, warin "cautious; heedful; wary; watchful" + her, heri "army", modern German Werner.
"The town archives list Warner as the family's original patronymic surname before it was anglicized over centuries."
The name Warner is a variant of the surnames found in English, Norman, and German history that correspond to the German name Werner. In Ireland, it developed as an Anglicized form of the surname Ó Murnáin.