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seamer¹

Rhymes with -iːmə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun seamers

  1. A person who sews seams. The case of Mme Binet's mother, a young widow who worked as a seamer at home, reveals how this system affected homeworkers.
  2. Part of a sewing machine that creates seams.
  3. A bowler skilled at making the ball seam.

Seamer²

proper noun

  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.

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"seamer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/seamer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

"seamer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/seamer.

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@misc{seamer_2026,
  title = {seamer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seamer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}