单词 | commother |
释义 | † commotherco-mothern. Obsolete or dialect. A name for the relationship of a godmother to the other god-parents and the actual parents of a child; = gossip n., cummer n., in their original sense. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > godmother > in relation to (god)parents cummer1303 commotherc1440 comered1839 c1440 York Myst. ix. 143 My commodrys and my cosynes bathe. 1523 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 171 To my Commoder Smyth my musterdevilys gowne. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words Co-mother, a godmother or co-helper in the religious training of the child. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1440 |
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