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

"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

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

"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

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

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

"I'm fain to see ye looking sae weel, cummer; the mair, that the black ox has tramped on ye since I was aneath your roof-tree."

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