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latimer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlætɪmə(ɹ)/

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.

Meanings

1. (historical) Synonym 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:
   • ... 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:

Forms

Synonyms

interpreter