"Simmer" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Simmer.wav Forms: Simmers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Simmer or a variant of Summer. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Simmer}} German Simmer Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Simmer (plural Simmers)
  1. A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Simmer-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Simmer.wav Forms: Simmers [plural]
Etymology: From Sim + -er. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Sim|er|id2=occupation}} Sim + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} Simmer (plural Simmers)
  1. (slang, video games) A fan of the video game series The Sims. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Video games, Fans (people), The Sims
    Sense id: en-Simmer-en-noun-eqr7CGI4 Disambiguation of Fans (people): 26 74 Disambiguation of The Sims: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (occupation), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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