Obs. or dial. In 5–6 commoder. [f. COM- + MOTHER, after med.L. commāter, F. commère in same sense: cf. COMERED.] A name for the relationship of a godmother to the other god-parents and the actual parents of a child; = gossip, cummer, in their original sense.
c. 1440. York Myst., ix. 143. My commodrys and my cosynes bathe.
1523. Test. Ebor. (Surtees), V. 171. To my Commoder Smyth my musterdevilys gowne.
1847–78. in Halliwell.
1855. Whitby Gloss., Co-mother, a godmother or co-helper in the religious training of the child.
