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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Ane suldna speak ill o' the dead—mair by token, o' ane's cummer and neighbour—but there was queer things said about a leddy and a bairn or she left the Craigburnfoot.
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Gude day to ye, cummer, and mony ane o' them.
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
"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
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
For to declair thair haill sentence, Wald mekle cummer your conscience.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David
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