noun
dagmar
DAG-mah
noun
1
A bullet-shaped chrome bumper ornament seen on American cars, especially Cadillacs, in the 1950s.
"Collectors love the exaggerated dagmars on this 1959 Cadillac."
name
1
A female given name of Danish origin.
"Her grandmother, Dagmar, immigrated from Denmark in the 1950s."
How to Use Dagmar
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBest known today as the nickname for those pointy chrome bumper cones on classic 1950s cars.
Word Forms
dagmars plural
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Etymology
The car-bumper sense is named after Dagmar, the stage name of a curvaceous 1950s American television actress, in cheeky reference to the ornaments' shape.