English Explanatory Dictionary

Latiner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of interpreter.
  2. A person who speaks and reads Latin, particularly (historical) an early modern student or scholar.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Latiner Latiners latynier latynere

Etymology

From Middle English latyner, latynier (also latymer), from Anglo-Norman latimer, from Old French latinier, latimier, etc., from Latin latinārius, from lingua Latina + -ārius (“-ary”). Compare Old English Lǣdenware (“a Latin-speaker, Roman”). Doublet of latimer.

Synonyms

interpreter Latinophone
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