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Definition of Dormers

Dormer
Dormer Dor"mer, or Dormer window Dor"mer win"dow, n. [Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to sleep. See Dormant, a. & n.] (Arch.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.
dormer
Dormant Dor"mant, n. [See Dormant, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or `` sleep.' --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer. --Halliwell.

Meaning of Dormers from wikipedia

- attic-level bedrooms. One of the earliest uses of dormers was in the form of lucarnes, slender dormers which provided ventilation to the spires of English...
- Richard Dormer (born 11 November 1969) is an actor and playwright from Northern Ireland. He is best known for his roles as Beric Dondarrion in the HBO...
- John Dormer, 1st Baronet (c. 1640–1675), of the Dormer baronets John Dormer (Jesuit) (1636–1700), English Jesuit John Dormer, 7th Baron Dormer (1691–1785)...
- 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, 16 January 1883 – 13 September 1947) was a British music hall performer. Kezia Beatrice Stockwell was born...
- Baron Dormer (1668–1728) Charles Dormer, 6th Baron Dormer (died 1761) John Dormer, 7th Baron Dormer (1691–1785) Charles Dormer, 8th Baron Dormer (1725–1804)...
- Natalie Dormer (born 11 February 1982) is an English actress. Her accolades include winning an Empire Award, and receiving nominations for a Critics' Choice...
- created for persons with the surname Dormer, both in the Baronetage of England. One creation is extant as of 2010. The Dormer Baronetcy, of Wing (or Wenge or...
- Dormer River is a stream in Alberta, Canada. Dormer River was so named on account of ridges which rise like a dormer. List of rivers of Alberta "Dormer...
- Robert Dormer of Wing, 1st Baronet, 1st Baron Dormer of Wing [or Wenge] (26 January 1551 – 8 November 1616) was a 17th-century English peer. Dormer was the...