Meanings
nounBremer (plural Bremers)
plural Bremers
- A native or inhabitant of Bremen, Germany.
Tobacco, cotton, and sugar from the tropics were all imported in raw form and turned into cigars, cloth, and processed sugar in Bremen and its surrounding villages. Bremers sought to promote their city's role as a business center based on imports.
2009, Lynn K. Nyhart, “Biological Groups, Nature, and Culture in the Museum”, in Modern Nature: The Rise of the Biological Perspective in Germany, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 258
proper noun
- A habitational surname from German.
Origin
- GermanBremer
- EnglishBremer
Borrowed from German Bremer, equivalent to Brem(en) + -er.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian бременча́нин, бременча́нка
- бременча́нин (bremenčánin)someone from Bremen
- бременча́нка (bremenčánka)someone from Bremen
- бременча́нче (bremenčánče)someone from Bremen
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APA
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MLA
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Chicago
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