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somner

somner noun: a summoner; especially, one who summons to an ecclesiastical court.

Noun

somner (plural somners)

  1. (obsolete) A summoner; especially, one who summons to an ecclesiastical court.
    • Life, they may do any thing there, man, and fear neither beadle nor somner1608, Thomas Middleton, A Trick to Catch the Old One, act 2, scene 1; republished in The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume 2, London: Edward Lumley, 1840, page 29

Forms of somner

pluralsomners

Questions about somner

What does somner mean?
Somner means a summoner; especially, one who summons to an ecclesiastical court.
What part of speech is somner?
Somner is a noun.
What is the plural of somner?
The plural of somner is somners.

Words near somner in the dictionary

  1. somnambulized
  2. somnambulizes
  3. somnambulizing
  4. somnambulous
  5. Somnath
  6. somner
  7. somners
  8. somnetic
  9. somni-
  10. somnial
  11. somniate

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