macomeren.
/ˌmakɒˈmɛə/, U.S. /ˌmækɑˈmɛər/, Caribbean English /ˌmakɔːˈmɛ(r)/ Caribbean.
The godmother of one's child, or the mother of one's godchild; (gen.) a term of affectionate respect for any female friend. Also (derogatory): an old woman, a gossip; an effeminate man.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > godmother
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1942 H. C. Gordon West Indian Scenes xix. 217 Macomère Crab, who was a kind soul, complied with her request.
1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun vi. 95 And is why yuh looking at me so, macoumère?
1960 Tamarack Rev. xiv. 22 This time so, they ain't bothering about the other people in the queue at all, they mauvalanging and bursting out in some loud kya-kya laugh like them macoumere in the market in..Trinidad.
1969 C. R. Ottley Tobago: Robinson Crusoe's Island 67 The Tobago village is one large extended family group, with innumerable aunts, uncles, first, second, and third cousins, comperes, macomeres and every conceivable family connection.
1970 C. Henry Trinidadianese 16 Then ‘godfather’ and ‘godmother’—a well-beloved pair—Are to the parents of the child ‘compeh’ and ‘macomeh’.
1984 R. Araujo Mem. Belmont Boy xxx. 72 My parents..came out and met some comperes and macommeres in the churchyard and chatted awhile.
1992 Eng. Today Jan. 18 (table) Macommere..1. Godmother. 2. Either of two close female friends. 3. An effeminate man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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