momier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A strict Calvinist in Switzerland, France, or some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century.

Word forms

momier momiers

Etymology

From French mômier, from Old French momer, mommer (“to mum, to mask oneself”).

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