momier

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momier - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Momier \Mom"i*er\, n. [F. m[^o]mier, fr. OF. momer, mommer, to
     mumm, to mask one's self.]
     A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland,
     France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of the
     19th century.
     [1913 Webster]