Mortimer
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈmɔːtɪmə/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈmɔɹtəmɚ/
Proper noun
  1. Surname
    • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):
      , act I, scene III:
      He said he would not ransom Mortimer; / Forbade my tongue to speak of Mortimer; / But I will find him when he lies asleep, / And in his ear I'll holla ‘Mortimer!’
  2. A male given name.
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