Latimer
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of interpreter. historical
"... what if the woman cannot ſpeak any language that the judge doth underſtand, as Corniſh, Welſh, Dutch, or the like? then there ſhall be a Latimer, that is, an interpreter upon his oath to interpret truly ..."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of latimer. alt-of
- 1 A surname. countable
- 2 A placename:; A village in Latimer and Ley Hill parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref TQ0098). countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename:; A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename:; A minor city in Morris County, Kansas, United States. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename:; A census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename:; Ellipsis of Latimer County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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More examples"... what if the woman cannot ſpeak any language that the judge doth underſtand, as Corniſh, Welſh, Dutch, or the like? then there ſhall be a Latimer, that is, an interpreter upon his oath to interpret truly ..."
Etymology
From Old French latimier, latinier (“interpreter”), etc. and directly from Vulgar Latin latimarus, from Latin latinarius (“interpreter, speaker of Latin”), from lingua Latina + -arius (“-ary”). Equivalent to Latin + -er and compare Latiner.
From latimer (“interpreter, speaker of Latin”), q.v. The village was named after a landowner with this name.
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