a type of drinking glass which was popular around the 16th and 17th centuries and typically has a wide bowl on a short decorated stem
roemer in American English
(ˈreimər, German ˈʀœməʀ)
nounWord forms: plural-mers or German -mer (-məʀ)
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot
Word origin
[1895–1900; ‹ G, orig. a glass for toasting; c. D roemer; akin to G rühmen to praise]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, backstage, flamenco, hit-and-run, neon
Examples of 'roemer' in a sentence
roemer
He also now depicted his flowers in a vase, not a repurposed roemer, or drinking glass.