rummer

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noun

A large drinking-glass for alcoholic drinks, chiefly wine, typically with a short or heavy stem.

OriginDutch roemer ← Middle Low German römer ← German Römer →
First used 17th c.Scrabble 10
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Meanings

rummer1

nounrummer (plural rummers)

plural rummers

  1. A large drinking-glass for alcoholic drinks, chiefly wine, typically with a short or heavy stem.First known use 17th c.

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

    1793, James Boswell, “Journals 1789–1795”, in Danziger, Brady, editors, Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published 1989, page 241

rummer2

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of rum: more rum

Origin

rummer · noun

  1. GermanRömer“Roman person or thing”
  2. Middle Low Germanrömer
  3. Dutchroemer
  4. Englishrummer

Partly from Dutch roemer, rummer (West Flanders); partly from Middle Low German römer; partly from German Römer (“Roman person or thing”), named because it was made in glassworks dating from the Roman era. See also roemer; and for the etymology compare Romeware.

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rummer · adjective

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Translations

German Römer
  • Römerlarge drinking-glass
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APA

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Chicago

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