Lexicographical Neighbors of Commere
Literary usage of Commere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handlingar (1903)
"'avec quelques qualites ou defauts consideres surtout comme trcs habituels et de
tous les instants': tme mechanic commere; c. dolente 'personne qui se ..."
2. On Transferred Appellations of Human Beings, Chiefly in English and German by Josef Reinius (1903)
"In the same way Sc. cummer, kimmer (< Fr. commere) a) 'a godmother' etc. 1303 +;
b) then—just as in Fr.—'a female companion or intimate' 1500—20 Dunbar +; ..."
3. Archaic England: An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic by Harold Bayley (1920)
"Compere and commere figure not only in the Church but also in the Theatre, and
it is more than likely that the commere and compere of the modern ..."
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