rummer

rummer

English

Etymology 1

Partly from Dutch roemer, rummer (West Flanders); partly from Middle Low German römer; partly from German Römer (“person from Rome”). See also roemer; and for the etymology compare Romeware.

Noun

rummer (plural rummers)

1. A large drinking-glass for alcoholic drinks, typically with a short or heavy stem. [from 17th c.]
   • 1793, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 241:

     I won, and regaled myself with cold roast beef and rummers of punch.

Adjective

rummer

1. comparative form of rum: more rum

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Danish

Verb

rummer

1. present of rumme