gammer

American  

[gam-er] / ˈgæm ər /

noun

British Archaic.

1. an old woman.

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gammer British  

/ ˈɡæmə /

noun

1. rare a dialect word for an old woman: now chiefly humorous or contemptuous Compare gaffer

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Etymology

Origin of gammer

1565–75; contraction of godmother; cf. gaffer

Example Sentences

Gaffer and gammer, man and maiden, were distributed, the ladies to the right of the aisle, the gentlemen to the left.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 by Various

Who speaks of offending either gammer or gaffer?

From The Learned Women by Wall, Charles Heron

N. veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark

Now, gammer, shall we two go in, and tarry for his coming?

From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Art, Mr. S. Mr. of

The lad I never saw before, but her I know well; it is my gammer Dickison.

From Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Potts, Thomas, fl. 1612-1618