mortimer

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsRoger de Mortimer

   BroaderLord

Other forms of mortimer

plural

mortimers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mortimer

What does mortimer mean?

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

How many syllables are in mortimer?

mortimer has 3 syllables: mor-ti-mer. The stress falls on "mor". In IPA it is /ˈmɔɹtɪmɚ/.

What is another word for mortimer?

Close synonyms include Roger de Mortimer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mortimer a common word?

mortimer is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.