Plural of gammer; multiple elderly women or old women in archaic usage.
From gammer plus the plural suffix -s; represents multiple instances of elderly women in traditional or rural contexts.
In old folk tales and village stories, gammers often appeared as wise women or storytellers—their plural form preserves a whole social role that's nearly disappeared from modern English.
Plural of 'gammer' (archaic pejorative for old women), carrying the same dismissive gendered assumptions about elderly women and female speech.
Avoid; use 'elderly women', 'older women', or 'women elders'. Replace the gendered pejorative framing entirely.
["elderly women","older women","women elders","mature women"]
Older women's voices historically discredited as 'gossip'—their actual social knowledge and networks had real value that language masked.
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