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Templar

American  
[tem-pler] / ˈtɛm plər /

noun

  1. a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.

  2. a barrister or other person occupying chambers in the Temple, London.

  3. a member of the Masonic order, Knights Templars.

Templar British  
/ ˈtɛmplə /

noun

  1. a member of a military religious order ( Knights of the Temple of Solomon ) founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem around 1118 to defend the Holy Sepulchre and Christian pilgrims; suppressed in 1312

  2. (sometimes not capital) a lawyer, esp a barrister, who lives or has chambers in the Inner or Middle Temple in London

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Etymology

Origin of Templar

1250–1300; < Medieval Latin templārius ( temple 1, -ar 2 ); replacing Middle English templer < Anglo-French ( -er 2 )

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