Mortimer

alternative Mortymer

1. A British surname from Old French.

   He said he would not ransom Mortimer; / Forbade my tongue to speak of Mortimer; / But I will find him when he lies asleep, / And in his ear I'll holla ‘Mortimer!’

   c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

   A spokesperson for the families of Drs. Mortimer and Raymond Sackler, the late founders of the company, issued this statement:

   2019 March 24, Ralph Ellis and Melanie Schuman, “Hundreds of cities, counties and Native American tribes file federal lawsuit against Sackler family over opioid crisis”, in CNN

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   I like the names Herbert and Mortimer more all the time. They are so distinguished and new and American. Do you know how I came to think of them? I was reading the newspaper in bed after my first boy was born. I was reading the society page, which is always so interesting.

   1941, Delmore Schwartz, Shenandoah, New Directions, page 13

3. A village in Stratfield Mortimer parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, otherwise known as Mortimer Common (OS grid ref SU6564).
4. A ghost town in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Allen Township, Hancock County, Ohio, United States.
6. A community in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.