Starmer

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/ˈstɑːmə/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld English mōr →
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Meanings

proper nounStarmer (plural Starmers)

plural Starmers

  1. A surname.

    A British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, for an attack Prime Minister Keir Starmer called one of the most harrowing moments in Britain’s history.

    2025 January 23, Reuters, “UK teenager jailed for minimum of 52 years for Southport girls’ murders”, in CNN
    1. Keir Starmer, British prime minister.

Origin

  1. Old Englishmōr“moor, mountain”
  2. EnglishStarmer

A habitational surname derived from Stermore, a settlement, no longer extant, near Stowe-by-Chartley (Stafford, Staffordshire, England). The first element of the toponym is obscure, but the second element derives from the Old English mōr (“moor, mountain”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Starmer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Starmer

MLA

“Starmer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Starmer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Starmer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Starmer.

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