cummer
Americannoun
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a godmother.
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a girl or woman.
Etymology
Origin of cummer
1275–1325; Middle English commare godmother < Anglo-French, Middle French commere < Late Latin commāter, equivalent to Latin com- com- + māter mother 1
Example Sentences
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"I'm fain to see ye looking sae weel, cummer; the mair, that the black ox has tramped on ye since I was aneath your roof-tree."
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
Then I requested her Majesty to be a gossip unto the Queen, for our cummer are called gossips in England; which she granted gladly to be.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
"I heard tell the Dancers were to be seen from the mountain-top over the sea, and I thought maybe I'd go up and gi'e them a look, cummer ... just a look."
From The Wind Bloweth by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
Now the gossip was very fond of his cummer, and used often to go and visit her.
From Italian Popular Tales by Thomas Frederick Crane
Gude day to ye, cummer, and mony ane o' them.
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
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