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Mor⋅ti⋅mer

[mawr-tuh-mer]
–noun
1. Roger de [duh] , 8th Baron of Wig⋅more [wig-mawr, -mohr] and 1st Earl of March, 1287–1330, English rebel leader: paramour of Isabella, queen of Edward II of England.
2. a male given name.
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Mor·ti·mer   (môr'tə-mər)   
Welsh rebel and lover of Edward II's wife, Isabella (1292-1358), with whom he raised an army to invade England from France (1326). They deposed Edward (1327) and ruled until 1330, when Edward III seized power and Mortimer was condemned to death by Parliament.
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Mortimer 
masc. proper name, from Mortemer, name of a place in Normandy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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