MORTIMER

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• MORTIMER (noun)
  The noun MORTIMER has 1 sense:

1. English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330)

  Familiarity information: MORTIMER used as a noun is very rare.

• MORTIMER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mortimer; Roger de Mortimer

Instance hypernyms:

Lord; noble; nobleman (a titled peer of the realm)

 Context examples 

Mortimer Tregennis explained that the night was cold and damp.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mortimer, the gardener, who wheels the Bath chair, is an army pensioner—an old Crimean man of excellent character.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have been living in a furnished apartment since then, and the Mortimers have been very private indeed.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

There is Mortimer’s, the tobacconist, the little newspaper shop, the Coburg branch of the City and Suburban Bank, the Vegetarian Restaurant, and McFarlane’s carriage-building depot.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

According to the lead author of the study, Nick Mortimer, it will be hard to get Zealandia classified as a continent because it’s under water.

(Researchers Argue for Eighth Continent: Zealandia, VOA)

With a few hurried words as to our plans for the morrow he rose and came out with me into the garden, clambering over the wall which leads into Mortimer Street, and immediately whistling for a hansom, in which I heard him drive away.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now, when did this occur? Evidently, assuming his narrative to be true, it was immediately after Mr. Mortimer Tregennis had left the room.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His first action was to send Mortimer, the gardener, for the local police.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No. You see the truth is, said Traddles, in a whisper, he had changed his name to Mortimer, in consequence of his temporary embarrassments; and he don't come out till after dark—and then in spectacles.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I think we must admit that all the evidence points to this man, Mortimer Tregennis, having been the criminal in the first tragedy, though he was the victim in the second one.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)