Mortimer

[ mawr-tuh-mer ]

noun

1. Roger de [d, uh], 8th Baron of Wig·more [wig, -mawr, -mohr] and 1st Earl of March, 1287–1330, English rebel leader: paramour of Isabella, queen of Edward II of England.
2. a male given name.

Mortimer

/ ˈmɔːtɪmə /

noun

1. MortimerSir John (Clifford)19232009MBritishLAW: barristerWRITING: playwrightWRITING: novelist Sir John ( Clifford ). 1923–2009, British barrister, playwright, and novelist, best known for the television series featuring the barrister Horace Rumpole. His novels include Paradise Postponed (1985) and The Sound of Trumpets (1998)
2. MortimerRoger de, 8th Baron of Wigmore and 1st Earl of March12871330MEnglishPOLITICS: noblemanPOLITICS: rebel leader Roger de, 8th Baron of Wigmore and 1st Earl of March. 1287–1330, lover of Isabella, the wife of Edward II of England: they invaded England in 1326 and compelled the king to abdicate in favour of his son, Edward III; executed

Example Sentences

Then, in 2018, when Rosen and Mortimer were in postproduction, Leclerc didn’t return from a trip to the Mendenhall Towers, a seven-peak granite massif outside Juneau, Alaska.

From Outside Online

Without sacrificing humor or social commentary, Mortimer thrillingly modernizes The Pursuit of Love by ratcheting up the romance in unexpected ways.

From Time

Yet, as Mortimer shows rather than tell us, that affection means something devastatingly different to each woman.

From Time

It was how Charlie recruited Mack (Emily Mortimer) to work at ACN in the first place.

From The Daily Beast

In 1966 the writer Penelope Mortimer endured a painful sterilization operation that left her with a giant scar across her belly.

From The Daily Beast

About Time Too begins in 1940, and chronicles her many love affairs, including her marriage to John Mortimer.

From The Daily Beast

In a world before birth control, before choice, Mortimer had survived abortion, and sterilization.

From The Daily Beast

By 1978, Mortimer had six children with four different men and had weathered a painful divorce, the basis for The Pumpkin Eater.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Mortimer gave him a pat, and asked him how early he had been up in the morning?

From Project Gutenberg

Not prevent the revival of his dreadful newspaper, certainly, but—well, she could send for Mr. Mortimer.

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Mortimer Arbuckle said as how he was coming hyer fer his health, but kick me ef I kin see it.

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He raised Mortimer Arbuckle up and opened his collar and took off his tie, that he might get some air.

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Mortimer Arbuckle was now coming around, but when he spoke he was quite out of his mind.

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