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Polish
Etymology
Blend of kum + Old Polish kmotr, with the latter from Proto-Slavic *kъmotrъ, the masculine counterpart of *kъmotra, from Latin commāter.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔtɛr
- Syllabification: ku‧mo‧ter
Noun
kumoter m pers
- (dated or dialectal, Chełmno-Dobrzyń) close friend
- (dated, derogatory, politics) backscratcher, crony, gaffer (trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization)
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Further reading
- kumoter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kumoter in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “kumoter”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 304