English Explanatory Dictionary

seamer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who sews seams.
  2. Part of a sewing machine that creates seams.
  3. A bowler skilled at making the ball seam.
name
  1. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4910).
  2. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0183).
  3. A surname.

Pronunciation

en-au-seamer.ogg

Word forms

seamer seamers

Etymology

From Middle English semer, semere, from Old English sēamere (“tailor; seamer”), equivalent to seam + -er.

Derived words

four-seamer two-seamer
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