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Webster 1913 Edition


Gammer

Gam′mer

(găm′mẽr)
,
Noun.
[Possibly contr. fr.
godmother
; but prob. fr.
grammer
for
grandmother
. Cf.
Gaffer
.]
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.