"Toomer" meaning in English

See Toomer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Toomers [plural]
Etymology: From a few placenames in England, of unknown origin. However, compare the obsolete verb toom (“to empty, free up”). Another theory connects it to a contraction of Saint Omer in France, for which see French Omer. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown, {{der|en|fr|Omer}} French Omer Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Toomer (plural Toomers)
  1. A surname. Wikipedia link: Saint Omer

Inflected forms

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