cummer

American  

[kuhm-er] / ˈkʌm ər /

noun

Scot.

1. a godmother.

2. a girl or woman.

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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

And you go asleep with no mate to wake you in a blow, but the sound of an old piper crooning to you as a cummer croons.

From The Wind Bloweth by Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald

Gude day to ye, cummer, and mony ane o' them.

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

"Did I know Kate Happer?" replied the widow; "as well as the beggar knows his dish—a canty quean was Kate, and a special cummer of my ain maybe twenty years syne."

From The Monastery by Scott, Walter, Sir

"Ye're auld, cummer, and sae am I mysell; but we maun abide His will— we'll no be forgotten in His good time."

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

From commère comes Scot. cummer or kimmer— "A canty quean was Kate, and a special cummer of my ain."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest