Elmer

American  

[el-mer] / ˈɛl mər /

noun

1. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”

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Example Sentences

Elmer Rice’s “The Adding Machine,” an expressionist classic on automation and worker insecurity, speaks directly to an age in which livelihoods are threatened by AI innovation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

It’s a good time for Elmer Rice’s “The Adding Machine,” which can only mean that it’s once again a bad time for workers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

There was a page where Elmer balances an orange and a lemon on his trunk—“Don’t drop them, Elmer!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

The boy for whom I bought that Elmer plate is now in his 20s and going to work each day in a much more challenging job than I have ever done—without any help from me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

But to tell Elmer Ren, with a sick wife and too many children and his life tied up in 320 acres of Montana prairie, that he must leave all behind...that was a different story.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson