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Hamer

American  
[hey-mer] / ˈheɪ mər /

noun

  1. Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.


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Slater’s senior deputy, Mark Hamer, left the Justice Department earlier this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Substitute Gus Hamer sealed successive wins for Chris Wilder's side, which saw them leapfrog Oxford out of the bottom three, with a brilliant curling effort from 25 yards.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

Kris Hamer from the British Retail Consortium said July was a "good month for retail sales, as the warm, sunny weather and packed sporting schedule in the first half of the month got people spending".

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

The other is a feature-length biopic about another pioneering Black woman, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

John Mayer tackled orbital mechanics, Al Hamer lectured on rocket propulsion, and Alton Mayo handled reentry, the problems faced by an object returning to Earth.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly