Date
Name Gossamer
Gender Feminine
Usage Theatre
Pronounced Pron. GAHS-ə-mər
Theme field
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Meaning & History
From the English word, which means "spider threads spun in fields of stubble in late fall" (apparently derived from Old English gos "goose" and sumer "summer"). A fictional bearer is Gossamer Beynon in Dylan Thomas' 1954 play 'Under Milk Wood' (Butcher Beynon's schoolteacher daughter).