lamber

lamb +‎ -er

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlæm.ə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæmɚ/

lamber (plural lambers)

1. A farm worker who supervises the birth of lambs.
   • 1855, William Lewis Rham, William Raynbird, Hugh Raynbird, The Dictionary of the Farm (page 354)

     The ewes should now be moved as near home as convenience will permit, in order that they may be under the immediate observation of the lamber.

   • 2008, Horatio Clare, Running for the Hills (page 130)

     The lambers sometimes brought their friends and acquaintances to see the view and relax in what must have seemed a bohemian atmosphere.

From Malagasy [Term?] (Highlands dialect).

lamber (plural lambers)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lamba (“Madagascan garment”)

• Ambler, Balmer, Blamer, Marble, ambler, blamer, marble, ramble

From Latin lambere, present active infinitive of lambō (“lick, lap”).

• IPA^(key): [lamˈbeɾ]

lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambín, past participle lambido)

1. (transitive) to lick
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lick one's lips
3. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of lamber
4. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of lamber

• “lamber” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lamber” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lamber” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin lambō, lambere.

lamber (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling לאמביר‎)

1. to lick

• lambre

lamber

1. plural of lamb

From Latin lambere (“lick, lap”).

• Hyphenation: lam‧ber

lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambi, past participle lambido)

1. to lick
2. inflection of lamber:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

• IPA^(key): /lamˈbeɾ/ [lãmˈbeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: lam‧ber

lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambí, past participle lambido)

1. Alternative form of lamer

• “lamber”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014