[1595–1605; hum + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1595–1605. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Creole, condensation, option, premium, zero-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'hummer' in a sentence
hummer
After all, a single hummer would surely be miracle enough.