Mortimer

[mawr-tuh-mer]

noun

1. Roger de 8th Baron of Wigmore 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. 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. 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

For all she knew, there were dozens of letters in those sacks, from him and the Incorrigibles, and perhaps from Miss Charlotte Mortimer, too.

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“Remember, a sound education is the very best present of all,” Miss Charlotte Mortimer, the headmistress, would say, clapping her hands to signal an end to the festivities.

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“Miss Mortimer always encouraged the girls to go for walks when we were puzzling over a difficult assignment,” Penelope thought.

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“It is from Miss Charlotte Mortimer, my former headmistress at school.”

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Baumbach and Mortimer write the character and his actor as closely together as possible so as to make the honest, emotional swings of their screenplay feel immediately resonant.

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