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gome

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɡʌm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌm
  • homophone: gum

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noun

Meaning 1

A man.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From Middle English gome (“man”), from Old English guma (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *gumō, from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhmṓ (“earthling”), shortened variant of *dhǵhm̥mō (“earthling”). Cognate to Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma) and Latin homō. Doublet of hombre, homo, ombre, and omi. See also human.