Mortimer

[ mawr-tuh-mer ]

/ ˈmɔr tə mər /

noun

Roger de

[duh] /də/, 8th Baron of Wig·more

[wig-mawr, -mohr] /ˈwɪgˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr/and 1st Earl of March,1287–1330, English rebel leader: paramour of Isabella, queen of Edward II of England.

a male given name.

Example sentences from the Web for mortimer

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

The Neglected Penelope Mortimer Was a Novelist Ahead of Her Time |Jessica Ferri |March 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Asked why she often played somewhat unsympathetic characters like Em, or Mackenzie in The Newsroom, Mortimer seemed taken aback.

‘Doll & Em’ Is the Female ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ |Nico Hines |February 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Mortimer took over, as they both collapsed in giggles: “We went up a cliff somewhere, and I knew what she would be thinking…”

‘Doll & Em’ Is the Female ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ |Nico Hines |February 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“We had always been fascinated about that relationship between a PA and their boss,” said Mortimer.

‘Doll & Em’ Is the Female ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ |Nico Hines |February 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In the Financial Times today, business leader Mortimer Zuckerman grimly summarizes the crisis in American jobs and wages.

We're Going to Need a Bigger Raft to Fight the Jobs Crisis |David Frum |January 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
They said that she ought to leave Mortimer, and go and join her husband in his prison.

Richard II |Jacob Abbott
Mortimer, lifting a replenished glass, shook his head, and drank thirstily in silence.

The Fighting Chance |Robert W. Chambers
Stepping out of the elevator on the ground floor he encountered Mortimer, and halted instinctively.

The Fighting Chance |Robert W. Chambers
With consummate indolence, he turned to Mortimer, inquiring: 'And who may this other person be?'

Our Mutual Friend |Charles Dickens
Mortimer was to be asked to resign his position as soon as his place in the bank could be filled.

Thoroughbreds |W. A. Fraser

British Dictionary definitions for mortimer

Mortimer

/ (ˈmɔːtɪmə) /

noun

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)

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

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