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latimer

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈlætɪmə(ɹ)/
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/ˈlætɪmə(ɹ)/ · /ˈlætɪmə/ (UK)

Definition of latimer

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)Synonym of interpreter.
    “... 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 ...”
    “[…] royal and household latimers were so usual that he naturally provided Vortigern with one.”
    “It is likely that Anglo-Norman formed a necessary element of Morris Regan's linguistic repertoire as a latimer […]”
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noun

  1. (historical)Synonym of interpreter.
    “... 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 ...”
    “[…] royal and household latimers were so usual that he naturally provided Vortigern with one.”
    “It is likely that Anglo-Norman formed a necessary element of Morris Regan's linguistic repertoire as a latimer […]”
  2. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of latimer.

name

  1. (countable)A surname.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A placename:
  3. (countable, uncountable)A placename:
  4. (countable, uncountable)A placename:
  5. (countable, uncountable)A placename:
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)A placename:

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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.

Anagrams of latimer

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