latimer

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/ˈlætɪmə(ɹ)/UK/ˈlætɪmə/

noun

Synonym of interpreter.

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interpreter
OriginOld French latimier ← Vulgar Latin latimarus ← Latin latinarius →
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Meanings

latimer1

nounlatimer (plural latimers)

plural latimers · alternative Latimer · alternative latymer

  1. historicalSynonym of interpreter.

    […] royal and household latimers were so usual that he naturally provided Vortigern with one.

    1966, Constance Bullock-Davies, Professional interpreters and the matter of Britain
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    ... 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 ...

    1642, Edw[ard] Coke, The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, and R[obert] Young, for E[phraim] D[awson], R[ichard] M[eighen], W[illiam] L[ee] and D[aniel] P[akeman], →OCLC

    It is likely that Anglo-Norman formed a necessary element of Morris Regan's linguistic repertoire as a latimer […]

    2008, Neil Cartlidge, Boundaries in medieval romance, page 81

    Synonyms: interpreter

Latimer2

proper nounLatimer (countable and uncountable, plural Latimers)

plural Latimers

  1. countableA surname.
  2. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village in Latimer and Ley Hill parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref TQ0098).
    2. countableuncountableA minor city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States.
    3. countableuncountableA minor city in Morris County, Kansas, United States.
    4. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States.
    5. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Latimer County.
nounLatimer (plural Latimers)

plural Latimers

  1. Alternative letter-case form of latimer.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of interpreter.

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interpreter
Also see
interpreter

Origin

latimer · noun

  1. Latinlatinarius“interpreter, speaker of Latin”
  2. Vulgar Latinlatimarus
  3. Old Frenchlatimier
  4. Englishlatimer

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.

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Latimer · proper noun, noun

From latimer (“interpreter, speaker of Latin”), q.v. The village was named after a landowner with this name.

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APA

latimer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latimer

MLA

“latimer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latimer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “latimer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/latimer.

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