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- Old French · derived frommomer
- French · derived frommômier
- English todayMomier
From French mômier, from Old French momer, mommer (“to mum, to mask oneself”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A strict Calvinist in Switzerland, France, or some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century. Full definition →
From French mômier, from Old French momer, mommer (“to mum, to mask oneself”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.