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dor⋅mer

  [dawr-mer]
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–noun
1. Also called dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof.
2. the entire projecting structure.
Origin:
1585–95; < MF dormoir dormitory

Related forms:
dormered, adjective
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dor·mer   (dôr'mər)   
n.  

  1. A window set vertically into a small gable projecting from a sloping roof.

  2. The gable holding such a window.


[Obsolete French dormeor, sleeping room, from dormir, to sleep; see dormant.]
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dormer 
1592, originally "window of a sleeping room," from M.Fr. dormeor "sleeping room," from dormir "to sleep," from L. dormire (see dormant).
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