cummer

[ kuhm-er ]

noun

, Scot.

1. a godmother.
2. a girl or woman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cummer¹

1275–1325; Middle English commare godmother < Anglo-French, Middle French commere < Late Latin commāter, equivalent to Latin com- com- + māter mother ¹

Example Sentences

Steve Cummer, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University, was able to extract high frequency electromagnetic data from a series of nearby antennas in the vicinity of the storm.

From Washington Post

This exhibition, initially curated by Jeffreen Hayes, travels from the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville.

From The Guardian

Community Police Officer Brian Cummer and his son Matt Cummer helped design the beer.

From Washington Times

Community Police Officer Brian Cummer and his son Matt Cummer helped design the beer.

From Seattle Times

One painting in particular, “Portrait of a Youth in an Embroidered Vest” — a half-length portrait of a young man lent from the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, Fla. — didn’t make it into my review of that show, but I haven’t forgotten it.

From New York Times