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Definition: GOMER |
GOMERNoun1. A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor. 2. A Hebrew measure. See Homer. |
"GOMER" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be complete", "to finish", "complete". |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Gomer complete; vanishing. (1.) The daughter of Diblaim, who (probably in vision only) became the wife of Hosea (1:3). (2.) The eldest son of Japheth, and father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah (Gen. 10:2, 3), whose descendants formed the principal branch of the population of South-eastern Europe. He is generally regarded as the ancestor of the Celtae and the Cimmerii, who in early times settled to the north of the Black Sea, and gave their name to the Crimea, the ancient Chersonesus Taurica. Traces of their presence are found in the names Cimmerian Bosphorus, Cimmerian Isthmus, etc. In the seventh century B.C. they were driven out of their original seat by the Scythians, and overran western Asia Minor, whence they were afterwards expelled. They subsequently reappear in the times of the Romans as the Cimbri of the north and west of Europe, whence they crossed to the British Isles, where their descendants are still found in the Gaels and Cymry. Thus the whole Celtic race may be regarded as descended from Gomer. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Slang | Noun. Source: From the television show "Gomer Pyle, USMC". Definition: A "gomer" is a naive person. It comes from the television show, where the main character (Gomer Pyle) was a rather naive character. Context: Said as an insult. Social Source: Dyment Hall. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: GOMER |
| Specialty definitions using "GOMER": Ashkenaz ♦ Diblaim. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | U.S.M.C. Gomer Pyle (1964) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | [Edward Gomer Jones, Jr.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "GOMER" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "GOMER" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "GOMER" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gomer | Last name | 1,000 | 17,758 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "GOMER" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be complete", "to finish", "complete". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "GOMER." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Gomer | Male | Biblical | N/A |
| Gomer | N/A | Biblical | N/A |
| Gomer | Male | English | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gomer pyle | 117 |
gomer | 29 |
gomer pile | 20 |
gomer pyle usmc | 15 |
duane gomer | 7 |
5 gomer | 4 |
gomer picture pyle | 4 |
gomer hosea | 4 |
gomer pyle sound | 3 |
gomer pyle wav | 3 |
gomer oh | 3 |
bible gomer | 3 |
francis gomer | 3 |
gomer ro | 2 |
bull gomer | 2 |
gomer plye | 2 |
gomer pyle wavs | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | gomor. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 10, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Uioi iafeq gamer kai magwg kai madai kai iwuan kai elisa kai qobel kai mosoc kai qiraV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Filii Iafeth Gomer Magog et Madai Iavan et Thubal et Mosoch et Thiras |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ond Iafeðes sunas wæron þas: Gomer ond Magog, Mada ond Iaban, Tubal ond Moshoh ond Thyras. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The sones of Japheth, Gomer, and Magog, and Maday, and Jauan, and Tubal, and Mosoth, and Thiras. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The sonnes of Iapheth were: Gomyr Magog Madai Iauan Tuball Mesech and Thyras. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 10, Verse 2 |
| Cebuano | Ang mga anak nga lalake ni Japhet; si Gomer, si Magog, ug si Madal, ug si Javan, ug si Tubal, ug si Mashech, ug si Tiras. |
| Croatian | Sinovi su Jafetovi: Gomer, Magog, Madaj, Javan, Tubal, Mešak, Tiras. |
| Danish | Jafets Sønner: Gomer, Magog. Madaj, Javan, Tubal, Mesjek og Tiras. |
| Dutch | De zonen van Jafeth zijn: Gomer, en Magog, en Madai, en Javan, en Tubal, en Mesech, en Thiras. |
| Finnish | Jaafetin pojat olivat Goomer, Maagog, Maadai, Jaavan, Tuubal, Mesek ja Tiiras. |
| French | Les fils de Japhet furent: Gomer, Magog, Madaï, Javan, Tubal, Méschec et Tiras. |
| German | Die Kinder Japheths sind diese: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Thubal, Mesech und Thiras. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Anak-anak Yafet ialah Gomer, Magog, Madai, Yawan, Tubal, Mesekh dan Tiras. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun anak laki-laki Yafet yaitu Gomer dan Magog dan Madai dan Yawan dan Tubal dan Mesekh dan Tiras. |
| Italian | I figli di Iafet: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Iavan, Tubal, Mesech e Tiras. |
| Maori | Ko nga tama a Iapeta; ko Komere, ko Makoka, ko Marai, ko Iawana, ko Tupara, ko Meheke, ko Tiraha. |
| Norwegian | Jafets sønner var Gomer og Magog og Madai og Javan og Tubal og Mesek og Tiras. |
| Portuguese | Os filhos de Jafé: Gomer, Magogue, Madai, Javã, Tubal, Meseque e Tiras. |
| Rumanian | Fiii lui Iafet au fost: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Iavan, Tubal, Mewec wi Tiras. |
| Spanish | Los hijos de Jafet fueron: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javán, Tubal, Mesec y Tiras. |
| Swedish | Jafets söner voro Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Mesek och Tiras. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "GOMER": gomeral, gomerals, gomerel, gomerels, gomeril, gomerils. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "GOMER": oligomer. (additional references) | |
Words containing "GOMER": oligomeric, oligomerization, oligomerizations, oligomers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-m-o-r" | |
-1 letter: ergo, germ, goer, gore, more, ogre, omer. | |
-2 letters: ego, erg, gem, gor, meg, mog, mor, ore, reg, rem, roe, rom. | |
-3 letters: em, er, go, me, mo, oe, om, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-m-o-r" | |
+1 letter: monger, morgen, morgue. | |
+2 letters: embargo, frogmen, fromage, glomera, gomeral, gomerel, gomeril, gourmet, grommet, groomed, groomer, grumose, homager, legroom, marengo, mongers, mongrel, moorage, morgens, morgues, ogreism, regroom. | |
+3 letters: aerogram, armigero, beglamor, bergamot, dragomen, echogram, ergotism, filmgoer, fromages, gammoner, gapeworm, geometer, geometry, gloomier, gomerals, gomerels, gomerils, gormless, gossamer, gourmets, grewsome, grommets, gromwell, groomers, gruesome, homagers, homegirl, homering, ideogram, legrooms, mangrove, mongered, mongrels, monogerm, moorages, mortgage, ogreisms, oligomer, pogromed, promulge, regrooms, removing, renogram, sagamore, smoggier, venogram. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 4F 4D 45 52 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. --- -- . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01001111 01001101 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G O M E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 004F 004D 0045 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4149473952 |
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