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Webster 1913 Edition

Gammer

Gam′mer

(găm′mẽr)

,

Noun.

[Possibly contr. fr.

godmother

; but prob. fr.

grammer

for

grandmother

. Cf.

.]

An old wife; an old woman; – correlative of

gaffer

, an old man.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gammer

GAM'MER

,

Noun.

The compellation of an old woman, answering to gaffer, applied to an old man.

Definition 2024

gammer

gammer

English

Noun

gammer ‎(plural gammers)

(obsolete) An old woman.

Related terms

gaffer

See also

Gammer Gurton's Needle a 16th century English comedy.

Anagrams

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