hamer

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈheɪmər/

Definition of hamer

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname.
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name

  1. A surname.
  2. A placename for Hamer, near Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK.
  3. A small city in Jefferson County, Idaho.
  4. An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
  5. An unincorporated community in Dillon County, South Carolina.
  6. A South Omotic language spoken primarily in southern Ethiopia by the Hamar people and Banna people, and by speakers of Karo.

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only)Alternative form of Hamar (“a people of Ethiopia”).

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Etymology

* As an English surname, from the place in Lancashire, from Old English hamor (“cliff”), apparently a rare use instead of the sense for "hammer" (compare Old Norse hamarr (“stone,…

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* As an English surname, from the place in Lancashire, from Old English hamor (“cliff”), apparently a rare use instead of the sense for "hammer" (compare Old Norse hamarr (“stone, cliff”). * As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Amer. * As a Dutch surname, from hamer (“hammer”). * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of the noun Hammer (“hammer”), with several Slavic derivatives.

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