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What (who) is Dormer - definition
FAMILY NAME
Dörmer; Doermer
Dormer
![Gable dormers at [[Hospices de Beaune]] in Beaune, France](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beaune (21) Hôtel-Dieu - Cour - 02.jpg?width=200 "Gable dormers at [[Hospices de Beaune]] in Beaune, France")
![Pair of hip roof dormer windows on the [[Howard Memorial Hall]], [[Letchworth]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paired dormer windows, Letchworth (geograph 4237604).jpg?width=200 "Pair of hip roof dormer windows on the [[Howard Memorial Hall]], [[Letchworth]]")
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STRUCTURAL ELEMENT OF A BUILDING
Dormer window; Dormers; Blind dormer; Attic window; Nantucket dormer; Dormered; Dormer windows; Eyebrow dormer; Shed dormer
·noun ·Alt. of Dormer window.
dormer
STRUCTURAL ELEMENT OF A BUILDING
Dormer window; Dormers; Blind dormer; Attic window; Nantucket dormer; Dormered; Dormer windows; Eyebrow dormer; Shed dormer
(also dormer window)
¦ noun a window that projects vertically from a sloping roof.
Origin
C16 (denoting a dormitory or bedroom window): from OFr. dormeor 'dormitory', from dormir 'to sleep'.
dormer
STRUCTURAL ELEMENT OF A BUILDING
Dormer window; Dormers; Blind dormer; Attic window; Nantucket dormer; Dormered; Dormer windows; Eyebrow dormer; Shed dormer
(dormers)
A dormer or dormer window is a window that is built upright in a sloping roof.
N-COUNT
Wikipedia
Dormer (surname)
Dormer or Dörmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert George Dormer (1925–2014), English bridge player, writer and administrator
- Daisy Dormer (born Kezia Beatrice Stockwell; 1883–1947), British music hall performer
- Francis Joseph Dormer (1854–1928), South African journalist and newspaper editor
- Heinz Dörmer (1912–2001), German man who was imprisoned by the Nazis for homosexuality
- Sir Michael Dormer (died 1545), Lord Mayor of London
- Michael Dormer (1937–2021), New Zealand cricketer
- Michael Henry Dashwood Dormer (1935–2012), American fine artist, writer, songwriter, and entrepreneur
- Natalie Dormer (born 1982), British actress
- Richard Dormer (born 1969), Northern Irish actor, playwright and screenwriter
- Robert Dormer, 1st Baron Dormer (1551–1616), English peer
- Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1610–1643), English peer
- Sir William Dormer (bef. 1514–1575), Tudor politician
Examples of use of Dormer
1. Friday‘s show will feature the king romping naked with Anne Boleyn, played by actress Natalie Dormer.
2. The pensioner was found dead by firefighters who were called to her burning dormer bungalow in Herringthorpe Valley Road.
3. His questions included such teasers as ‘What is a dormer?‘ – perfect for a builder, who would know straight away that it‘s a type of window.
4. Rev Duncan Dormer, the Dean of the Chapel, said the decision for the choir to remain on the ground was taken purely because of the weather.
5. He grabbed a shotgun, climbed onto the roof from a second–floor dormer window and jumped into his bass boat, which he kept nearby just for that purpose.