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sommier

/sɔ.mje/

adjective/sɔ.mje/

of Somme (department of France)

From Somme + -ier.

noun, masculine/sɔ.mje/plural: sommiers

beast of burden; box spring (box-shaped frame into which is a set of spiral springs, upon which rests a bed mattress); springer; windchest (part of an organ); pin box (part of a piano)

Synonyms: bête de somme

Inherited from Old French somier, from Late Latin saumārius, sagmārius, from Latin sagma.