lorimer

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noun

A person who makes the bits and other metal parts of a horse's bridle, and other small metal pieces.

OriginOld French lormier ← Latin loranum →
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Meanings

lorimer1

nounlorimer (plural lorimers)

plural lorimers

  1. obsoleteA person who makes the bits and other metal parts of a horse's bridle, and other small metal pieces.

Lorimer2

proper nounLorimer (plural Lorimers)

plural Lorimers · alternative Lairmore · alternative Laramore · alternative Larimer · alternative Larimore · alternative Larmore · alternative Larmour · alternative Larrimer · alternative Larrimore · alternative Lawrimore · alternative Lorimor · alternative Lowrimore

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Origin

lorimer · noun

  1. Latinloranum“bridle”
  2. Old Frenchlormier
  3. Englishlorimer

From Old French lormier, loremier, from Latin loranum (“bridle”), lorum (“thong, the rein of a bridle”).

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Lorimer · proper noun

  1. Old Frenchlorain“tackle, harness”
  2. Anglo-Normanlorenier
  3. EnglishLorimer

Scottish occupational surname for a maker or seller of spurs, bits and other metal attachments to harness and tackle, from Anglo-Norman lorenier, an agent derivative of Old French lorain (“tackle, harness”).

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APA

lorimer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lorimer

MLA

“lorimer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lorimer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lorimer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lorimer.

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