dammer

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English dammer, dammar, equivalent to dam +‎ -er.

Noun[edit]

dammer (plural dammers)

  1. One who builds a dam.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

dammer (countable and uncountable, plural dammers)

  1. Alternative form of damar

References[edit]

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams[edit]

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

dammer c

  1. indefinite plural of dam

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From dammen +‎ -er.

Noun[edit]

dammer m (plural dammers, diminutive dammertje n)

  1. A player of checkers.

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Malay damar, from Proto-Malayic *damar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ.

Noun[edit]

dammer m (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of damar.

References[edit]

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

dammer m

  1. indefinite plural of dam