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

"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

Now the gossip was very fond of his cummer, and used often to go and visit her.

From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick

"She was so," Nancy insisted, "and the present lord's grandfather was a strange old cummer who ran away with another man's wife——" "Nancy!"

From Nancy Stair A Novel by Lane, Elinor Macartney

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

"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 Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald