† ˈlatimer Obs.
Also 4–5 latymer, 4 ? latynier, latynere.
[a. OF. latim(m)ier, a corruption (perh. orig. graphic, but adopted in oral use) of latinier, f. Latin: see Latin n.]
An interpreter.
| c 1205 Lay. 14319 He wes þe bezste latimer þat ær com her. a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. xv. 49 Lyare wes mi latymer. 13.. K. Alis. 7089 Ther he fond latimeris, That ladde him to hyghe rocheris. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 7573 Þys Breþ was þe kynges latynier. c 1400 Mandeville (1839) v. 58 And alle weys fynden Men Latyneres to go with hem. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. lvii. 41 A latymer told the kyng the full understondyng ther of wassaylle. |