dammer
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English dammer, dammar, equivalent to dam + -er.
Noun
dammer (plural dammers)
- One who builds a dam.
Noun
dammer (countable and uncountable, plural dammers)
- Alternative form of damar
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- rammed
Danish
Noun
dammer c
- indefinite plural of dam
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.mər/
- Hyphenation: dam‧mer
- Rhymes: -ɑmər
Etymology 1
From dammen + -er.
Noun
dammer m (plural dammers, diminutive dammertje n)
- A player of checkers.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Malay damar, from Proto-Malayic *damar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ.
Noun
dammer m (uncountable)
- Archaic form of damar.
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Anagrams
- dramme
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
dammer m
- indefinite plural of dam